Mazda RX-8 vs Toyota Soarer
The RX-8 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $120 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)
- $2,946
- New Zealand
- $3,654 (better)
- $3,813
- Australia
- $3,028 (better)
- $3,159
- United Kingdom
- £2,220 (better)
- £2,316
Official figures
- Uses
- 21 mpg (better)
- 20 mpg
- Also
- 11.3 L/100km (better)
- 11.8 L/100km
- On a full tank
- 335 miles
- 379 miles (better)
Space
- Seats
- 4
- 4
- Length
- 4,435 mm
- –
- Weight
- 1,310 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 1.3 L twin-rotor petrol
- 3.0 L 6-cylinder turbo petrol
- Power
- 154 kW
- 169 kW (better)
- Torque
- 211 Nm
- 324 Nm (better)
- Gearbox
- 6-speed manual
- 4-speed automatic
- 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.
RX-8 or Soarer?
Which is cheaper to run, the Mazda RX-8 or the Toyota Soarer?
The Mazda RX-8: about $120 a year less in the US than the Toyota Soarer at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Mazda RX-8 or the Toyota Soarer?
The Mazda RX-8, at 11.3 L/100km (25 mpg UK, 21 mpg US) to the Toyota Soarer's 11.8 L/100km (24 mpg UK, 20 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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