Audi SQ5 vs Lotus Exige
The Exige costs less to run, by the official figures: about $10 a year less in the US.
Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- United States
- $2,556
- $2,548 (better)
- New Zealand
- $3,308
- $3,299 (better)
- Australia
- $2,741
- $2,734 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £2,010
- £2,004 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 23 mpg
- 23 mpg (better)
- Also
- 10.2 L/100km
- 10.2 L/100km (better)
- On a full tank
- 425 miles
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Space
- Seats
- 5
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- Boot
- 501 L
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- Length
- 4,671 mm
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- Weight
- 1,995 kg
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Engine
- Engine
- 3.0 L V6 turbo petrol
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- Power
- 260 kW
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- Torque
- 500 Nm
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- Gearbox
- 8-speed automatic
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- Drive
- AWD
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Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
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- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
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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.
SQ5 or Exige?
Which is cheaper to run, the Audi SQ5 or the Lotus Exige?
The Lotus Exige: about $10 a year less in the US than the Audi SQ5 at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Audi SQ5 or the Lotus Exige?
The Lotus Exige, at 10.2 L/100km (28 mpg UK, 23 mpg US) to the Audi SQ5's 10.2 L/100km (28 mpg UK, 23 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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