Chevrolet Malibu vs Subaru Liberty
The Malibu costs less to run, by the official figures: about $20 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
- $2,455 (better)
- $2,474
- Australia
- $2,034 (better)
- $2,050
- United Kingdom
- £1,491 (better)
- £1,503
- United States
- $1,896 (better)
- $1,911
Official figures
- Uses
- 7.6 L/100km (better)
- 7.7 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 788 km
- 915 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 445 L
- 493 L (better)
- Towing, braked
- 454 kg
- –
- Length
- 4,933 mm
- 4,840 mm
- Weight
- 1,422 kg
- 1,512 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.5 L turbocharged 4-cylinder petrol
- 2.5 L flat-4 petrol
- Power
- 119 kW
- 136 kW (better)
- Torque
- 249 Nm (better)
- 239 Nm
- Gearbox
- Continuously variable automatic
- CVT
- Drive
- FWD
- AWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- 6
- 7 (better)
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.
Malibu or Liberty?
Which is cheaper to run, the Chevrolet Malibu or the Subaru Liberty?
The Chevrolet Malibu: about $20 a year less in New Zealand than the Subaru Liberty at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Chevrolet Malibu or the Subaru Liberty?
The Chevrolet Malibu, at 7.6 L/100km (37 mpg UK, 31 mpg US) to the Subaru Liberty's 7.7 L/100km (37 mpg UK, 31 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
Which has the bigger boot, the Chevrolet Malibu or the Subaru Liberty?
The Subaru Liberty, at 493 L to the Chevrolet Malibu's 445 L, for their newest versions.
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