Bentley Continental vs Mazda RX-8
The Continental costs less to run, by the official figures: about $30 a year less in New Zealand.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $3,622 (better)
- $3,654
- Australia
- $3,001 (better)
- $3,028
- United Kingdom
- £2,200 (better)
- £2,220
- United States
- $2,798 (better)
- $2,823
Official figures
- Uses
- 11.2 L/100km (better)
- 11.3 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 804 km (better)
- 540 km
Space
- Seats
- 4
- 4
- Length
- 4,850 mm
- 4,435 mm
- Weight
- –
- 1,310 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 4.0 L V8 twin-turbo petrol
- 1.3 L twin-rotor petrol
- Power
- 404 kW (better)
- 154 kW
- Torque
- 770 Nm (better)
- 211 Nm
- Gearbox
- 8-speed dual-clutch
- 6-speed manual
- Drive
- AWD
- RWD
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.
Continental or RX-8?
Which is cheaper to run, the Bentley Continental or the Mazda RX-8?
The Bentley Continental: about $30 a year less in New Zealand than the Mazda RX-8 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Bentley Continental or the Mazda RX-8?
The Bentley Continental, at 11.2 L/100km (25 mpg UK, 21 mpg US) to the Mazda RX-8's 11.3 L/100km (25 mpg UK, 21 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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