Comparison · 8×4 lorry · construction at 12.9 t
MAN TGS 35.470 8x4 vs Volvo FM, 345 kW, 8x4 rigid lorry, 10.8 L (2020–2024)
Volvo FM, 345 kW, 8x4 rigid lorry, 10.8 L (2020–2024)
2020–2024 · 345 kW
42.9l/100 km
median; 38.6–44.6 across 16 declared configurations
What the numbers actually say
There is 0.5 l/100 km between these two (1.1%). 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 8.4 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 8x450,880 litres
£71,232 at the assumed price
Volvo FM, 345 kW, 8x4 rigid lorry, 10.8 L (2020–2024)51,480 litres
£72,072 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.