Chevrolet Camaro vs Mazda RX-8
The RX-8 costs less to run, by the official figures: about £90 a year less in the UK.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- United Kingdom
- £2,310
- £2,220 (better)
- New Zealand
- $3,803
- $3,654 (better)
- Australia
- $3,151
- $3,028 (better)
- United States
- $2,938
- $2,823 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 24 mpg
- 25 mpg (better)
- Also
- 11.8 L/100km
- 11.3 L/100km (better)
- On a full tank
- 380 miles (better)
- 335 miles
Space
- Seats
- 4
- 4
- Boot
- 258 L
- –
- Length
- 4,783 mm
- 4,435 mm
- Weight
- 1,521 kg
- 1,310 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 2.0 L turbocharged 4-cylinder petrol
- 1.3 L twin-rotor petrol
- Power
- 205 kW (better)
- 154 kW
- Torque
- 400 Nm (better)
- 211 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed manual
- 6-speed manual
- Drive
- RWD
- RWD
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.
Camaro or RX-8?
Which is cheaper to run, the Chevrolet Camaro or the Mazda RX-8?
The Mazda RX-8: about £90 a year less in the UK than the Chevrolet Camaro at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Chevrolet Camaro or the Mazda RX-8?
The Mazda RX-8, at 11.3 L/100km (25 mpg UK, 21 mpg US) to the Chevrolet Camaro's 11.8 L/100km (24 mpg UK, 20 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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