Ford C-max vs Mazda Biante
The C-max costs less to run, by the official figures: about $300 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
- $1,902 (better)
- $2,199
- Australia
- $1,577 (better)
- $1,824
- United Kingdom
- £1,155 (better)
- £1,336
- United States
- $1,469 (better)
- $1,699
Official figures
- Uses
- 5.9 L/100km (better)
- 6.8 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 901 km
- –
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 7
- Length
- 4,379 mm
- 4,715 mm
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder hybrid
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 141 kW (better)
- 114 kW
- Torque
- –
- 196 Nm
- Gearbox
- CVT
- –
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
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.
C-max or Biante?
Which is cheaper to run, the Ford C-max or the Mazda Biante?
The Ford C-max: about $300 a year less in New Zealand than the Mazda Biante at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Ford C-max or the Mazda Biante?
The Ford C-max, at 5.9 L/100km (48 mpg UK, 40 mpg US) to the Mazda Biante's 6.8 L/100km (42 mpg UK, 35 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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