Comparison · 6×4 lorry · long haul at 19.3 t
MAN TGS 26.510 6x4, 6x4, rigid lorry (2020–2023) vs Volvo FMX, 375 kW, 6x4 rigid lorry
MAN TGS 26.510 6x4, 6x4, rigid lorry (2020–2023)
2020–2023 · 375 kW
37.7l/100 km
median; 36.4–42 across 13 declared configurations
Volvo FMX, 375 kW, 6x4 rigid lorry
2021–2023 · 375 kW
38.2l/100 km
median; 34.6–42.5 across 34 declared configurations
What the numbers actually say
There is 0.5 l/100 km between these two (1.3%). 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 600 litres a year (£840). The declared figures for one of them alone span 7.9 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 26.510 6x4, 6x4, rigid lorry (2020–2023)45,240 litres
£63,336 at the assumed price
Volvo FMX, 375 kW, 6x4 rigid lorry45,840 litres
£64,176 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.