Ford Focus vs Lexus CT
The Focus costs less to run, by the official figures: about $60 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
- $1,337 (better)
- $1,399
- New Zealand
- $1,730 (better)
- $1,811
- Australia
- $1,434 (better)
- $1,501
- United Kingdom
- £1,051 (better)
- £1,100
Official figures
- Uses
- 44 mpg (better)
- 42 mpg
- Also
- 5.4 L/100km (better)
- 5.6 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 604 miles (better)
- 499 miles
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Boot
- 375 L
- 375 L
- Length
- 4,378 mm
- 4,350 mm
- Weight
- 1,322 kg
- 1,400 kg
Engine
- Engine
- 1.0 L 3-cylinder turbo petrol
- 1.8 L 4-cylinder petrol hybrid
- Power
- 92 kW
- 100 kW (better)
- Torque
- 170 Nm
- –
- Gearbox
- 6-speed manual
- CVT
- Drive
- FWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Euro NCAP
- ★★★★★
- –
- Airbags
- 6
- –
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.
Focus or CT?
Which is cheaper to run, the Ford Focus or the Lexus CT?
The Ford Focus: about $60 a year less in the US than the Lexus CT at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Ford Focus or the Lexus CT?
The Ford Focus, at 5.4 L/100km (53 mpg UK, 44 mpg US) to the Lexus CT's 5.6 L/100km (50 mpg UK, 42 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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