Comparison · 6×2 lorry · long haul at 19.3 t
MAN TGS 26.400 6x2-4, 9 L (2019–2023) vs Volvo FMX, 285 kW, 6x2 rigid lorry
MAN TGS 26.400 6x2-4, 9 L (2019–2023)
2019–2023 · 265–294 kW (median 294)
34.3l/100 km
median; 32.7–41.2 across 78 declared configurations
Volvo FMX, 285 kW, 6x2 rigid lorry
2021–2023 · 285 kW
34.2l/100 km
median; 31.2–42.5 across 40 declared configurations
What the numbers actually say
There is 0.1 l/100 km between these two (0.2%). That is inside the 10% tolerance of declared figures, so on fuel alone neither is the better choice: at 120,000 km a year and an assumed £1.40 a litre the gap would be about 120 litres a year (£168). The declared figures for one of them alone span 11.3 l/100 km across its configurations, so the specification ordered matters more than the choice between these two.
Fuel over a year
120,000 km · assumed priceMAN TGS 26.400 6x2-4, 9 L (2019–2023)41,160 litres
£57,624 at the assumed price
Volvo FMX, 285 kW, 6x2 rigid lorry41,040 litres
£57,456 at the assumed price
At 120,000 km a year and an assumed £1.40 a litre; the price is an assumption, not one we track.