Mazda RX-8 vs Subaru Tribeca
The RX-8 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $40 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
- $2,823 (better)
- $2,868
- New Zealand
- $3,654 (better)
- $3,713
- Australia
- $3,033 (better)
- $3,076
- United Kingdom
- £2,220 (better)
- £2,255
Official figures
- Uses
- 21 mpg (better)
- 20 mpg
- Also
- 11.3 L/100km (better)
- 11.5 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 335 miles
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Space
- Seats
- 4
- –
- Length
- 4,435 mm
- –
- Weight
- 1,310 kg
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Engine
- Engine
- 1.3 L twin-rotor petrol
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- Power
- 154 kW
- –
- Torque
- 211 Nm
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- Gearbox
- 6-speed manual
- –
- Drive
- RWD
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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.
RX-8 or Tribeca?
Which is cheaper to run, the Mazda RX-8 or the Subaru Tribeca?
The Mazda RX-8: about $40 a year less in the US than the Subaru Tribeca at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Mazda RX-8 or the Subaru Tribeca?
The Mazda RX-8, at 11.3 L/100km (25 mpg UK, 21 mpg US) to the Subaru Tribeca's 11.5 L/100km (25 mpg UK, 20 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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