Subaru WRX vs Volvo S90
The S90 costs less to run, by the official figures: about $80 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
- $2,179
- $2,099 (better)
- New Zealand
- $2,820
- $2,717 (better)
- Australia
- $2,337
- $2,254 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £1,713
- £1,650 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 27 mpg
- 28 mpg (better)
- Also
- 8.7 L/100km
- 8.4 L/100km (better)
- On a full tank
- 449 miles (better)
- 444 miles
Space
- Seats
- 5
- 5
- Length
- 4,670 mm
- 4,963 mm
- Weight
- 1,519 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- 2.4 L turbocharged horizontally opposed 4-cylinder petrol
- 2.0 L 4-cylinder turbo petrol
- Power
- 202 kW (better)
- 187 kW
- Torque
- 350 Nm
- 350 Nm
- Gearbox
- 6-speed manual
- 8-speed automatic
- Drive
- AWD
- FWD
Safety
- ANCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Euro NCAP
- –
- ★★★★★
- Airbags
- 8
- –
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.
WRX or S90?
Which is cheaper to run, the Subaru WRX or the Volvo S90?
The Volvo S90: about $80 a year less in the US than the Subaru WRX at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
Which uses less fuel, the Subaru WRX or the Volvo S90?
The Volvo S90, at 8.4 L/100km (34 mpg UK, 28 mpg US) to the Subaru WRX's 8.7 L/100km (32 mpg UK, 27 mpg US), by their latest official figures.
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