Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vs Porsche 718
The Sprinter costs less to run, by the official figures: about £10 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
- £1,868 (better)
- £1,878
- New Zealand
- $3,076 (better)
- $3,092
- Australia
- $2,550 (better)
- $2,564
- United States
- $2,376 (better)
- $2,389
Official figures
- Uses
- 30 mpg (better)
- 30 mpg
- Also
- 9.5 L/100km (better)
- 9.6 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 490 miles
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Space
- Seats
- 3
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.1 L 4-cylinder turbo diesel
- –
- Power
- 120 kW
- –
- Torque
- 360 Nm
- –
- Gearbox
- 9-speed automatic
- –
- Drive
- 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.
Sprinter or 718?
Which is cheaper to run, the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter or the Porsche 718?
The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter: about £10 a year less in the UK than the Porsche 718 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter or the Porsche 718?
The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, at 9.5 L/100km (30 mpg UK, 25 mpg US) to the Porsche 718's 9.6 L/100km (30 mpg UK, 25 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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