Chevrolet Corvette vs Ford Mustang
The Corvette costs less to run, by the official figures: about $280 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
- $4,004 (better)
- $4,288
- Australia
- $3,319 (better)
- $3,553
- United Kingdom
- £2,432 (better)
- £2,605
- United States
- $3,093 (better)
- $3,313
Official figures
- Uses
- 12.4 L/100km (better)
- 13.3 L/100km
- On a full tank
- –
- 460 km
Space
- Seats
- 2
- 4
- Boot
- –
- 408 L
- Length
- 4,630 mm
- 4,789 mm
- Weight
- –
- 1,720 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 6.2 L V8 petrol
- 5.0 L V8 petrol
- Power
- 369 kW (better)
- 339 kW
- Torque
- 637 Nm (better)
- 556 Nm
- Gearbox
- 8-speed dual-clutch
- 10-speed automatic
- Drive
- RWD
- RWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- –
- ★★★☆☆
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★☆☆☆
- 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.
Corvette or Mustang?
Which is cheaper to run, the Chevrolet Corvette or the Ford Mustang?
The Chevrolet Corvette: about $280 a year less in New Zealand than the Ford Mustang at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Chevrolet Corvette or the Ford Mustang?
The Chevrolet Corvette, at 12.4 L/100km (23 mpg UK, 19 mpg US) to the Ford Mustang's 13.3 L/100km (21 mpg UK, 18 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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