Comparison · 8×4 lorry · construction at 12.9 t
MAN TGS 35.470 8x4-4 vs Volvo FMX, 345 kW, 8x4 rigid lorry, 12.8 L (2021–2023)
MAN TGS 35.470 8x4-4
2020–2023 · 346 kW
41.5l/100 km
median; 39.5–45.7 across 77 declared configurations
Volvo FMX, 345 kW, 8x4 rigid lorry, 12.8 L (2021–2023)
2021–2023 · 345 kW
43.7l/100 km
median; 38.8–47.5 across 80 declared configurations
What the numbers actually say
There is 2.2 l/100 km between these two (5.3%). 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 2,640 litres a year (£3,696). The declared figures for one of them alone span 8.7 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 35.470 8x4-449,800 litres
£69,720 at the assumed price
Volvo FMX, 345 kW, 8x4 rigid lorry, 12.8 L (2021–2023)52,440 litres
£73,416 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.