Volkswagen Fox vs Volvo C30
The C30 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $200 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
- $3,043
- $2,846 (better)
- Australia
- $2,525
- $2,362 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,849
- £1,729 (better)
- United States
- $2,351
- $2,199 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 9.4 L/100km
- 8.8 L/100km (better)
- On a full tank
- –
- 705 km
Space
- Seats
- 4
- 4
- Boot
- 261 L
- –
- Length
- 3,828 mm
- 4,252 mm
- Weight
- 980 kg
- 1,345 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.2 L 3-cylinder petrol
- 2.5 L 5-cylinder turbo petrol
- Power
- 40 kW
- 169 kW (better)
- Torque
- 112 Nm
- 320 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- 5-speed manual
- 6-speed manual
- 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.
Fox or C30?
Which is cheaper to run, the Volkswagen Fox or the Volvo C30?
The Volvo C30: about $200 a year less in New Zealand than the Volkswagen Fox at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Volkswagen Fox or the Volvo C30?
The Volvo C30, at 8.8 L/100km (32 mpg UK, 27 mpg US) to the Volkswagen Fox's 9.4 L/100km (30 mpg UK, 25 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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