BMW 5 Series vs Chevrolet Malibu
The Malibu costs less to run, by the official figures: about $80 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
- $2,535
- $2,455 (better)
- Australia
- $2,101
- $2,034 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,540
- £1,491 (better)
- United States
- $1,959
- $1,896 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 7.8 L/100km
- 7.6 L/100km (better)
- On a full tank
- 867 km (better)
- 788 km
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- –
- 445 L
- Towing, braked
- –
- 454 kg
- Length
- 4,963 mm
- 4,933 mm
- Weight
- 1,595 kg
- 1,422 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- 1.5 L turbocharged 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 185 kW (better)
- 119 kW
- Torque
- 350 Nm (better)
- 249 Nm
- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
- Continuously variable automatic
- Drive
- RWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- –
- 6
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.
5 Series or Malibu?
Which is cheaper to run, the BMW 5 Series or the Chevrolet Malibu?
The Chevrolet Malibu: about $80 a year less in New Zealand than the BMW 5 Series at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the BMW 5 Series or the Chevrolet Malibu?
The Chevrolet Malibu, at 7.6 L/100km (37 mpg UK, 31 mpg US) to the BMW 5 Series's 7.8 L/100km (36 mpg UK, 30 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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