Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit vs Vector W8
The Silver Spirit costs less to run, by the official figures: about $1,900 a year less in New Zealand, $1,590 in Australia, £1,160 in the UK and $1,470 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
- $7,606 (better)
- $9,508
- Australia
- $6,302 (better)
- $7,888
- United Kingdom
- £4,621 (better)
- £5,776
- United States
- $5,876 (better)
- $7,346
Official figures
- Uses
- 23.5 L/100km (better)
- 29.4 L/100km
- UK
- 12 mpg (better)
- 10 mpg
- US
- 10 mpg (better)
- 8 mpg
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.
Silver Spirit or W8?
Which is cheaper to run, the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit or the Vector W8?
The Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit: about $1,900 a year less in New Zealand, $1,590 in Australia, £1,160 in the UK and $1,470 in the US than the Vector W8 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit or the Vector W8?
The Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit, at 23.5 L/100km (12 mpg UK, 10 mpg US) to the Vector W8's 29.4 L/100km (10 mpg UK, 8 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Each on its own
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