Pontiac Vibe vs Subaru Outback
The Outback costs less to run, by the official figures: about $360 a year less in New Zealand, $300 in Australia, £220 in the UK and $280 in the US.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $2,817
- $2,455 (better)
- Australia
- $2,336
- $2,035 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,711
- £1,491 (better)
- United States
- $2,176
- $1,896 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 8.7 L/100km
- 7.6 L/100km (better)
- UK
- 32 mpg
- 37 mpg (better)
- US
- 27 mpg
- 31 mpg (better)
- On a full tank
- 574 km
- 830 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 522 L
- Towing, braked
- –
- 2,000 kg
- Length
- 4,372 mm
- 4,870 mm
- Weight
- –
- 1,660 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.8 L 4-cylinder petrol
- 2.5 L flat-4 petrol
- Power
- 98 kW
- 138 kW (better)
- Torque
- 173 Nm
- 245 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- 4-speed automatic
- CVT
- Drive
- FWD
- AWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- –
- 8
A typical year: New Zealand 11,000 km (Ministry of Transport's average for a light vehicle); Australia 11,100 km (ABS Survey of Motor Vehicle Use average); United Kingdom 11,265 km (DfT National Travel Survey average of about 7,000 miles); United States 21,726 km (FHWA average of about 13,500 miles). Real costs depend on how and where you drive. Work out a particular trip.
Vibe or Outback?
Which is cheaper to run, the Pontiac Vibe or the Subaru Outback?
The Subaru Outback: about $360 a year less in New Zealand, $300 in Australia, £220 in the UK and $280 in the US than the Pontiac Vibe at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Pontiac Vibe or the Subaru Outback?
The Subaru Outback, at 7.6 L/100km (37 mpg UK, 31 mpg US) to the Pontiac Vibe's 8.7 L/100km (32 mpg UK, 27 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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