Comparison · 8×4 lorry · construction at 12.9 t
MAN TGS 41.470 8x4 vs Volvo FMX, 345 kW, 8x4 rigid lorry, 10.8 L (2021–2023)
Volvo FMX, 345 kW, 8x4 rigid lorry, 10.8 L (2021–2023)
2021–2023 · 345 kW
41.2l/100 km
median; 40.6–44.5 across 14 declared configurations
What the numbers actually say
There is 1.3 l/100 km between these two (3.1%). 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 1,560 litres a year (£2,184). The declared figures for one of them alone span 8.2 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 41.470 8x451,000 litres
£71,400 at the assumed price
Volvo FMX, 345 kW, 8x4 rigid lorry, 10.8 L (2021–2023)49,440 litres
£69,216 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.