Declared fuel consumption · EU vehicle group 10 · diesel

Long-haul 6×2 tractor units: which uses the least fuel?

Every model here was simulated by its manufacturer on the EU long haul mission, with the payload the regulation sets, and declared to the regulator. Figures are compared only within one reporting year and one payload. A model is ranked when at least ten declared vehicles stand behind its figure.

Generated illustration, not a photograph: a representative 6×2 tractor unit
Illustration — not a photograph

Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 19.3 tonne payload, 2022 declarations

Declared to the regulator
  1. Lowest: 26.2 l/100 km
    25.7–27.8 l/100 km across 16 declared configurations · 26 declared vehicles
  2. 2: 26.9 l/100 km
    26–28.7 l/100 km across 26 declared configurations · 33 declared vehicles
  3. 3: 27 l/100 km
    25–29.4 l/100 km across 45 declared configurations · 68 declared vehicles
  4. 4: 27.3 l/100 km
    26.3–28 l/100 km across 9 declared configurations · 10 declared vehicles
  5. 5: 27.4 l/100 km
    26.5–32 l/100 km across 23 declared configurations · 34 declared vehicles
  6. 6: 27.5 l/100 km
    26.1–29 l/100 km across 47 declared configurations · 73 declared vehicles
  7. 7: 27.8 l/100 km
    26.9–34.4 l/100 km across 12 declared configurations · 17 declared vehicles
  8. 8: 27.9 l/100 km
    DAF XG 450 FTP · 330 kW
    27.3–29.1 l/100 km across 14 declared configurations · 21 declared vehicles
  9. 9: 28.3 l/100 km
    25.8–34.3 l/100 km across 182 declared configurations · 285 declared vehicles
  10. 9: 28.3 l/100 km
    27.4–35.2 l/100 km across 6 declared configurations · 11 declared vehicles
  11. 11: 28.4 l/100 km
    28–30.7 l/100 km across 14 declared configurations · 16 declared vehicles
  12. 11: 28.4 l/100 km
    25.2–32.3 l/100 km across 54 declared configurations · 103 declared vehicles
  13. 13: 28.5 l/100 km
    DAF XG+ 480 FTN · 355 kW
    28.4–31.1 l/100 km across 11 declared configurations · 13 declared vehicles
  14. 13: 28.5 l/100 km
    27.1–29.8 l/100 km across 56 declared configurations · 72 declared vehicles
  15. 15: 28.6 l/100 km
    DAF XG 480 FTS · 355 kW
    28.4–30 l/100 km across 8 declared configurations · 10 declared vehicles
  16. 15: 28.6 l/100 km
    26.4–32.7 l/100 km across 79 declared configurations · 113 declared vehicles
  17. 15: 28.6 l/100 km
    25.5–31.1 l/100 km across 102 declared configurations · 141 declared vehicles
  18. 18: 28.8 l/100 km
    26.7–28.9 l/100 km across 11 declared configurations · 22 declared vehicles
  19. 19: 28.9 l/100 km
    DAF XD 450 FTP · 330 kW
    28.2–32 l/100 km across 13 declared configurations · 16 declared vehicles
  20. 19: 28.9 l/100 km
    DAF XG 480 FTP · 355 kW
    27.8–30.7 l/100 km across 127 declared configurations · 217 declared vehicles
  21. 21: 29.2 l/100 km
    28–34.8 l/100 km across 35 declared configurations · 45 declared vehicles
  22. 22: 29.3 l/100 km
    27–35.9 l/100 km across 321 declared configurations · 589 declared vehicles
  23. 23: 29.4 l/100 km
    DAF XG 530 FTP · 390 kW
    27.9–31.2 l/100 km across 30 declared configurations · 36 declared vehicles
  24. 23: 29.4 l/100 km
    26–33 l/100 km across 59 declared configurations · 99 declared vehicles
  25. 25: 29.5 l/100 km
    DAF XG 530 FTN · 390 kW
    28.3–30.8 l/100 km across 27 declared configurations · 29 declared vehicles
  26. 25: 29.5 l/100 km
    DAF XG+ 480 FTG · 355–390 kW (median 355)
    28–30.9 l/100 km across 40 declared configurations · 43 declared vehicles
  27. 27: 29.6 l/100 km
    28.8–29.9 l/100 km across 6 declared configurations · 11 declared vehicles
  28. 27: 29.6 l/100 km
    29.6–30.5 l/100 km across 2 declared configurations · 15 declared vehicles
  29. 29: 29.7 l/100 km
    DAF XG 480 FTG · 355–390 kW (median 355)
    28–31 l/100 km across 87 declared configurations · 107 declared vehicles
  30. 29: 29.7 l/100 km
    DAF XG 530 FTS · 390 kW
    28.9–37.5 l/100 km across 33 declared configurations · 36 declared vehicles
Bars: median declared litres per 100 km, from zero. The thin line over each bar spans the lowest to highest declared figure for that model.
Table view
Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 19.3 tonne payload, 2022 declarations
RankModelMedian l/100 kmRangeConfigurationsVehiclesMedian g CO₂/t·kmCO₂ range
1Scania S 460 A6x2/426.225.7–27.8162635.5934.85–37.63
2Scania S 560 A6x2/426.926–28.7263336.4835.28–38.95
3Scania R 460 A6x2/42725–29.4456836.6433.93–39.87
4Scania R 560 A6x2*427.326.3–289103735.71–37.96
5Scania R 560 A6x2/427.426.5–32233437.1135.91–43.33
6Scania R 460 A6x227.526.1–29477337.2535.33–39.34
7Scania R 500 A6x2*427.826.9–34.4121737.6336.45–46.7
8DAF XG 450 FTP27.927.3–29.1142137.7936.96–39.5
9Scania R 500 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2023)28.325.8–34.318228538.3734.97–46.52
9Volvo FH, 315 kW, 6x2 tractor unit (from 2019)28.327.4–35.261138.4237.18–47.74
11DAF XF 450 FTG, tractor unit (2018–2023)28.428–30.7141638.4737.91–41.69
11Scania S 500 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2023)28.425.2–32.35410338.5734.15–43.73
13DAF XG+ 480 FTN28.528.4–31.1111338.6238.56–42.13
13Scania S 560 A6x228.527.1–29.8567238.736.68–40.4
15DAF XG 480 FTS28.628.4–3081038.7938.49–40.72
15Scania R 500 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)28.626.4–32.77911338.8135.8–44.3
15Scania R 560 A6x228.625.5–31.110214138.8234.61–42.11
18Scania S 460 A6x228.826.7–28.9112239.1136.17–39.12
19DAF XD 450 FTP28.928.2–32131639.1238.25–43.4
19DAF XG 480 FTP28.927.8–30.712721739.1637.69–41.62
21DAF XF 450 FTP, tractor unit (2017–2023)29.228–34.8354539.5637.91–47.1
22Volvo FH, 345 kW, 6x2 tractor unit (from 2020)29.327–35.932158939.7536.57–48.66
23DAF XG 530 FTP29.427.9–31.2303639.9137.88–42.3
23Scania S 500 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)29.426–33599939.8235.2–44.78
25DAF XG 530 FTN29.528.3–30.8272940.0638.42–41.8
25DAF XG+ 480 FTG29.528–30.9404340.0238.01–41.86
27Scania R 410 A6x2/429.628.8–29.961140.139.09–40.5
27Scania R 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)29.629.6–30.521540.1540.15–41.33
29DAF XG 480 FTG29.728–318710740.3137.98–42.08
29DAF XG 530 FTS29.728.9–37.5333640.2739.24–50.8

Showing the 30 lowest declared figures of 100 ranked here. Every model has its own page, reached from its make or its range.

What the difference is worth

The lowest and highest ranked here are 8.3 l/100 km apart (31.6%). At 120,000 km a year and an assumed £1.40 a litre, that is about 9,960 litres a year, or £13,944.

Where it stops mattering: 18 models here are within 10% of the lowest figure, inside the tolerance of declared figures, so the ranking between them is not a reason to choose one over another. The specification ordered matters too: declared figures for the Mercedes-Benz Actros, 330 kW, 6x2 tractor unit (from 2021) alone span 10.9 l/100 km across its configurations.

The price is an assumption for illustration, not a price we track; use your own. Declared figures compare vehicles with each other on a standard route; they are not what one lorry will use on your roads.

66 models not ranked: fewer than ten declared vehicles behind the figure
Scania P 460 A6x2/2338 kW25 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania R 420 A6x2/4309 kW26.3 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania R 560 A6x2/2412 kW26.3 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania R 460 A6x2/2338 kW26.4 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania G 500 A6x2/4368 kW27.3 l/100 km7 vehicles
Scania S 460 A6x2/2338 kW27.3 l/100 km1 vehicle
DAF XF 430 FTP315 kW28 l/100 km4 vehicles
Scania G 460 A6x2/4338 kW28.1 l/100 km7 vehicles
DAF XG 430 FTG315 kW28.4 l/100 km4 vehicles
DAF XG 450 FTG330 kW28.5 l/100 km2 vehicles
DAF XF 430 FTN315 kW28.8 l/100 km2 vehicles
DAF XG+ 480 FTP355 kW28.8 l/100 km7 vehicles
Scania S 450 A6x2/4, lorry (2019–2022)331 kW28.8 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania G 500 A6x2/2368 kW28.9 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania S 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)331 kW28.9 l/100 km6 vehicles
Scania S 540 A6x2/2397 kW28.9 l/100 km8 vehicles
DAF XD 450 FTG330 kW29.1 l/100 km9 vehicles
DAF XF 480 FTS355 kW29.1 l/100 km4 vehicles
Scania R 540 A6x2/2397 kW29.1 l/100 km3 vehicles
MAN TGX 26.520 6x2/4382 kW29.2 l/100 km1 vehicle
Mercedes-Benz Actros, 310 kW, 6x2 tractor unit310 kW29.3 l/100 km7 vehicles
DAF XF 480 FTR, tractor unit (2019–2023)355 kW29.4 l/100 km7 vehicles
Scania P 450 A6x2/4331 kW29.7 l/100 km2 vehicles
DAF XG+ 530 FTP390 kW29.8 l/100 km9 vehicles
DAF XF 430 FTG315 kW30 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania R 540 A6x2*4397 kW30.1 l/100 km3 vehicles
DAF CF 530 FTG, tractor unit (2019–2023)390 kW30.2 l/100 km4 vehicles
Volvo FM, 323 kW, 6x2 tractor unit323 kW30.2 l/100 km9 vehicles
MAN TGX 26.430 6x2/4316 kW30.5 l/100 km7 vehicles
DAF XG 480 FTN355 kW30.6 l/100 km5 vehicles

36 more are not listed here; each has its own page.

Declared by each manufacturer under EU heavy-duty CO₂ monitoring (Regulation (EU) 2018/956), simulated with the EU's VECTO tool (Regulation (EU) 2017/2400). Source: European Environment Agency. Payload 19.3 t, reporting period 2022.

Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 2.6 tonne payload, 2022 declarationsLowest: Scania S 460 A6x2/4, 19.6 l/100 km · 100 models ranked

Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 2.6 tonne payload, 2022 declarations

Declared to the regulator
  1. Lowest: 19.6 l/100 km
    19.3–20.8 l/100 km across 16 declared configurations · 26 declared vehicles
  2. 2: 19.9 l/100 km
    19.4–21.1 l/100 km across 26 declared configurations · 33 declared vehicles
  3. 3: 20.2 l/100 km
    18.8–22.8 l/100 km across 45 declared configurations · 68 declared vehicles
  4. 4: 20.3 l/100 km
    19.4–21.3 l/100 km across 47 declared configurations · 73 declared vehicles
  5. 4: 20.3 l/100 km
    19.9–24.4 l/100 km across 23 declared configurations · 34 declared vehicles
  6. 4: 20.3 l/100 km
    19.8–20.6 l/100 km across 9 declared configurations · 10 declared vehicles
  7. 7: 20.5 l/100 km
    20–26.9 l/100 km across 12 declared configurations · 17 declared vehicles
  8. 8: 20.9 l/100 km
    DAF XG 450 FTP · 330 kW
    20.7–21.7 l/100 km across 14 declared configurations · 21 declared vehicles
  9. 8: 20.9 l/100 km
    19.5–26.5 l/100 km across 182 declared configurations · 285 declared vehicles
  10. 10: 21 l/100 km
    18.8–24.2 l/100 km across 54 declared configurations · 103 declared vehicles
  11. 10: 21 l/100 km
    20.1–21.9 l/100 km across 56 declared configurations · 72 declared vehicles
  12. 12: 21.2 l/100 km
    DAF XG+ 480 FTN · 355 kW
    21.2–23.7 l/100 km across 11 declared configurations · 13 declared vehicles
  13. 12: 21.2 l/100 km
    19.6–25.6 l/100 km across 79 declared configurations · 113 declared vehicles
  14. 12: 21.2 l/100 km
    19.2–23.5 l/100 km across 102 declared configurations · 141 declared vehicles
  15. 15: 21.3 l/100 km
    DAF XD 450 FTP · 330 kW
    21.2–24.9 l/100 km across 13 declared configurations · 16 declared vehicles
  16. 15: 21.3 l/100 km
    21.1–23.4 l/100 km across 14 declared configurations · 16 declared vehicles
  17. 15: 21.3 l/100 km
    20–21.3 l/100 km across 11 declared configurations · 22 declared vehicles
  18. 18: 21.6 l/100 km
    21–26.9 l/100 km across 35 declared configurations · 45 declared vehicles
  19. 19: 21.8 l/100 km
    DAF XG 480 FTP · 355 kW
    20.9–23.4 l/100 km across 127 declared configurations · 217 declared vehicles
  20. 19: 21.8 l/100 km
    21.1–27.9 l/100 km across 6 declared configurations · 11 declared vehicles
  21. 21: 21.9 l/100 km
    DAF XG 480 FTS · 355 kW
    21.6–22.6 l/100 km across 8 declared configurations · 10 declared vehicles
  22. 21: 21.9 l/100 km
    DAF XG 530 FTP · 390 kW
    21.2–23.4 l/100 km across 30 declared configurations · 36 declared vehicles
  23. 21: 21.9 l/100 km
    19.4–25.7 l/100 km across 59 declared configurations · 99 declared vehicles
  24. 24: 22 l/100 km
    21–23.6 l/100 km across 12 declared configurations · 30 declared vehicles
  25. 25: 22.2 l/100 km
    DAF XG 480 FTG · 355–390 kW (median 355)
    21.2–24.2 l/100 km across 87 declared configurations · 107 declared vehicles
  26. 25: 22.2 l/100 km
    DAF XG 530 FTN · 390 kW
    21.5–23.3 l/100 km across 27 declared configurations · 29 declared vehicles
  27. 25: 22.2 l/100 km
    DAF XG+ 480 FTG · 355–390 kW (median 355)
    21.2–23.6 l/100 km across 40 declared configurations · 43 declared vehicles
  28. 28: 22.4 l/100 km
    DAF XG 530 FTG · 390 kW
    22.1–23.3 l/100 km across 38 declared configurations · 48 declared vehicles
  29. 28: 22.4 l/100 km
    22.4–22.6 l/100 km across 2 declared configurations · 15 declared vehicles
  30. 28: 22.4 l/100 km
    21.4–24.4 l/100 km across 18 declared configurations · 18 declared vehicles
Bars: median declared litres per 100 km, from zero. The thin line over each bar spans the lowest to highest declared figure for that model.
Table view
Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 2.6 tonne payload, 2022 declarations
RankModelMedian l/100 kmRangeConfigurationsVehiclesMedian g CO₂/t·kmCO₂ range
1Scania S 460 A6x2/419.619.3–20.81626197.32193.98–209.32
2Scania S 560 A6x2/419.919.4–21.12633200.06195.73–212.7
3Scania R 460 A6x2/420.218.8–22.84568203.04189.26–229.1
4Scania R 460 A6x220.319.4–21.34773204.56195.74–214.57
4Scania R 560 A6x2/420.319.9–24.42334204.05200.18–245.72
4Scania R 560 A6x2*420.319.8–20.6910204.06199.44–207.31
7Scania R 500 A6x2*420.520–26.91217206.46201.2–271.2
8DAF XG 450 FTP20.920.7–21.71421210.27208.1–218.38
8Scania R 500 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2023)20.919.5–26.5182285210.43195.87–266.5
10Scania S 500 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2023)2118.8–24.254103210.89189.44–244
10Scania S 560 A6x22120.1–21.95672211.63201.97–220.9
12DAF XG+ 480 FTN21.221.2–23.71113213.77213.32–238.64
12Scania R 500 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)21.219.6–25.679113213.59197.63–257.9
12Scania R 560 A6x221.219.2–23.5102141212.87192.83–236.48
15DAF XD 450 FTP21.321.2–24.91316214.87213.46–250.33
15DAF XF 450 FTG, tractor unit (2018–2023)21.321.1–23.41416214.8211.97–235.82
15Scania S 460 A6x221.320–21.31122214.37201.39–214.46
18DAF XF 450 FTP, tractor unit (2017–2023)21.621–26.93545217.5210.94–270.5
19DAF XG 480 FTP21.820.9–23.4127217219.09210.75–235.78
19Volvo FH, 315 kW, 6x2 tractor unit (from 2019)21.821.1–27.9611219.81212.81–280.8
21DAF XG 480 FTS21.921.6–22.6810220.81217.69–227.5
21DAF XG 530 FTP21.921.2–23.43036220.88213.12–235.2
21Scania S 500 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)21.919.4–25.75999220.62195.07–259.11
24Scania S 540 A6x2/42221–23.61230221.43211.71–237.53
25DAF XG 480 FTG22.221.2–24.287107223.56213.54–243.5
25DAF XG 530 FTN22.221.5–23.32729223.47216.86–234.4
25DAF XG+ 480 FTG22.221.2–23.64043222.95213.76–237.73
28DAF XG 530 FTG22.422.1–23.33848225.66221.92–234.76
28Scania R 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)22.422.4–22.6215225225–227.42
28Scania R 540 A6x2/422.421.4–24.41818224.94214.91–245.41

Showing the 30 lowest declared figures of 100 ranked here. Every model has its own page, reached from its make or its range.

What the difference is worth

The lowest and highest ranked here are 8.7 l/100 km apart (44.3%). At 120,000 km a year and an assumed £1.40 a litre, that is about 10,440 litres a year, or £14,616.

Where it stops mattering: 17 models here are within 10% of the lowest figure, inside the tolerance of declared figures, so the ranking between them is not a reason to choose one over another. The specification ordered matters too: declared figures for the Mercedes-Benz Actros, 330 kW, 6x2 tractor unit (from 2021) alone span 10 l/100 km across its configurations.

The price is an assumption for illustration, not a price we track; use your own. Declared figures compare vehicles with each other on a standard route; they are not what one lorry will use on your roads.

66 models not ranked: fewer than ten declared vehicles behind the figure
Scania P 460 A6x2/2338 kW18.6 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania R 560 A6x2/2412 kW19.4 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania R 420 A6x2/4309 kW19.7 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania R 460 A6x2/2338 kW19.7 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania S 460 A6x2/2338 kW20.2 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania G 500 A6x2/4368 kW20.4 l/100 km7 vehicles
Scania G 460 A6x2/4338 kW20.6 l/100 km7 vehicles
DAF XF 430 FTP315 kW21.2 l/100 km4 vehicles
DAF XG 430 FTG315 kW21.4 l/100 km4 vehicles
DAF XF 430 FTN315 kW21.5 l/100 km2 vehicles
DAF XG 450 FTG330 kW21.5 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania G 500 A6x2/2368 kW21.5 l/100 km2 vehicles
DAF XG+ 480 FTP355 kW21.6 l/100 km7 vehicles
DAF XD 450 FTG330 kW21.7 l/100 km9 vehicles
DAF XF 480 FTS355 kW21.7 l/100 km4 vehicles
DAF XF 480 FTR, tractor unit (2019–2023)355 kW21.9 l/100 km7 vehicles
Scania S 450 A6x2/4, lorry (2019–2022)331 kW21.9 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania S 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)331 kW22 l/100 km6 vehicles
Scania S 540 A6x2/2397 kW22 l/100 km8 vehicles
DAF XG+ 530 FTP390 kW22.3 l/100 km9 vehicles
MAN TGX 26.520 6x2/4382 kW22.3 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania R 540 A6x2*4397 kW22.4 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania R 540 A6x2/2397 kW22.5 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania P 450 A6x2/4331 kW22.7 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania S 450 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2022)331 kW22.9 l/100 km6 vehicles
Mercedes-Benz Actros, 310 kW, 6x2 tractor unit310 kW23 l/100 km7 vehicles
Scania G 500 A6x2368 kW23 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania S 660 A6x2*4485 kW23.1 l/100 km8 vehicles
Volvo FM, 323 kW, 6x2 tractor unit323 kW23.1 l/100 km9 vehicles
DAF XF 430 FTG315 kW23.2 l/100 km3 vehicles

36 more are not listed here; each has its own page.

Declared by each manufacturer under EU heavy-duty CO₂ monitoring (Regulation (EU) 2018/956), simulated with the EU's VECTO tool (Regulation (EU) 2017/2400). Source: European Environment Agency. Payload 2.6 t, reporting period 2022.

Earlier reporting periods

The same comparison on earlier declarations. Rankings are never mixed across years.

Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 19.3 tonne payload, 2021 declarationsLowest: Scania R 410 A6x2/4, 29.6 l/100 km · 87 models ranked

Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 19.3 tonne payload, 2021 declarations

Declared to the regulator
  1. Lowest: 29.6 l/100 km
    29.5–33.2 l/100 km across 12 declared configurations · 35 declared vehicles
  2. 2: 29.8 l/100 km
    DAF XG 480 FTP · 355 kW
    28.8–36.3 l/100 km across 13 declared configurations · 18 declared vehicles
  3. 3: 30.4 l/100 km
    29.6–30.9 l/100 km across 12 declared configurations · 15 declared vehicles
  4. 4: 30.7 l/100 km
    DAF XG 530 FTG · 390 kW
    30.6–31.1 l/100 km across 7 declared configurations · 11 declared vehicles
  5. 5: 30.8 l/100 km
    28.7–34.8 l/100 km across 48 declared configurations · 88 declared vehicles
  6. 5: 30.8 l/100 km
    28.6–33.9 l/100 km across 21 declared configurations · 33 declared vehicles
  7. 5: 30.8 l/100 km
    30.1–31.2 l/100 km across 7 declared configurations · 12 declared vehicles
  8. 5: 30.8 l/100 km
    29.8–31.9 l/100 km across 20 declared configurations · 28 declared vehicles
  9. 9: 30.9 l/100 km
    29.2–33.6 l/100 km across 19 declared configurations · 40 declared vehicles
  10. 10: 31 l/100 km
    DAF XG 530 FTP · 390 kW
    30–36.5 l/100 km across 6 declared configurations · 12 declared vehicles
  11. 10: 31 l/100 km
    29.3–35.7 l/100 km across 49 declared configurations · 57 declared vehicles
  12. 12: 31.1 l/100 km
    DAF XG+ 530 FTS · 390 kW
    30.5–38.1 l/100 km across 10 declared configurations · 11 declared vehicles
  13. 12: 31.1 l/100 km
    28.3–33.2 l/100 km across 40 declared configurations · 78 declared vehicles
  14. 12: 31.1 l/100 km
    30–34.3 l/100 km across 24 declared configurations · 28 declared vehicles
  15. 15: 31.2 l/100 km
    29.5–35.3 l/100 km across 77 declared configurations · 109 declared vehicles
  16. 15: 31.2 l/100 km
    30.1–35.5 l/100 km across 35 declared configurations · 40 declared vehicles
  17. 15: 31.2 l/100 km
    29.2–34 l/100 km across 40 declared configurations · 49 declared vehicles
  18. 18: 31.3 l/100 km
    29.6–33 l/100 km across 19 declared configurations · 20 declared vehicles
  19. 19: 31.4 l/100 km
    30.7–34 l/100 km across 10 declared configurations · 12 declared vehicles
  20. 19: 31.4 l/100 km
    30.6–35.3 l/100 km across 14 declared configurations · 17 declared vehicles
  21. 19: 31.4 l/100 km
    30.5–32.3 l/100 km across 10 declared configurations · 10 declared vehicles
  22. 19: 31.4 l/100 km
    30–33.8 l/100 km across 31 declared configurations · 33 declared vehicles
  23. 23: 31.5 l/100 km
    30–31.7 l/100 km across 16 declared configurations · 41 declared vehicles
  24. 24: 31.6 l/100 km
    29.9–32.2 l/100 km across 23 declared configurations · 29 declared vehicles
  25. 25: 31.7 l/100 km
    31–35 l/100 km across 12 declared configurations · 14 declared vehicles
  26. 25: 31.7 l/100 km
    29.4–35.6 l/100 km across 148 declared configurations · 233 declared vehicles
  27. 27: 31.8 l/100 km
    29.5–34.2 l/100 km across 10 declared configurations · 12 declared vehicles
  28. 27: 31.8 l/100 km
    29.9–33.4 l/100 km across 25 declared configurations · 42 declared vehicles
  29. 27: 31.8 l/100 km
    30–32.8 l/100 km across 52 declared configurations · 64 declared vehicles
  30. 30: 31.9 l/100 km
    31.5–35.2 l/100 km across 13 declared configurations · 13 declared vehicles
Bars: median declared litres per 100 km, from zero. The thin line over each bar spans the lowest to highest declared figure for that model.
Table view
Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 19.3 tonne payload, 2021 declarations
RankModelMedian l/100 kmRangeConfigurationsVehiclesMedian g CO₂/t·kmCO₂ range
1Scania R 410 A6x2/429.629.5–33.2123540.140–45
2DAF XG 480 FTP29.828.8–36.3131840.439–49.3
3Scania R 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)30.429.6–30.9121541.240.1–41.9
4DAF XG 530 FTG30.730.6–31.171141.641.5–42.1
5Scania R 450 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2022)30.828.7–34.8488841.838.92–47.2
5Scania R 500 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2020–2023)30.828.6–33.9213341.838.71–46
5Scania S 530 A6x2/230.830.1–31.271241.740.7–42.2
5Scania S 540 A6x2/430.829.8–31.9202841.840.5–43.2
9Scania S 500 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2020–2023)30.929.2–33.619404239.6–45.5
10DAF XG 530 FTP3130–36.56124240.7–49.5
10Scania R 450 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2022)3129.3–35.749574239.7–48.4
12DAF XG+ 530 FTS31.130.5–38.1101142.241.4–51.6
12Scania S 500 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2023)31.128.3–33.2407842.138.4–45
12Scania S 660 A6x2/431.130–34.3242842.240.7–46.5
15Scania R 500 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)31.229.5–35.37710942.340–47.8
15Scania R 530 A6x2/431.230.1–35.5354042.340.8–48.1
15Scania S 500 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)31.229.2–34404942.239.5–46.1
18Scania R 540 A6x2/431.329.6–33192042.440.1–44.7
19Scania R 500 A6x2*431.430.7–34101242.641.6–46.1
19Scania R 590 A6x2/431.430.6–35.3141742.541.5–47.8
19Scania R 660 A6x2/431.430.5–32.3101042.541.3–43.9
19Scania S 530 A6x2/431.430–33.8313342.640.6–45.8
23Scania S 450 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2022)31.530–31.7164142.740.7–43
24Scania S 590 A6x2/431.629.9–32.2232942.840.5–43.6
25MAN TGX 24.510 6x2/431.731–3512144342.1–47.4
25Scania R 500 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2023)31.729.4–35.61482334339.9–48.2
27Scania R 540 A6x2*431.829.5–34.2101243.240–46.4
27Scania S 530 A6x231.829.9–33.4254243.140.52–45.3
27Scania S 540 A6x231.830–32.8526443.240.63–44.5
30MAN TGX 24.510 6x2/2, tractor unit (2020–2023)31.931.5–35.2131343.342.7–47.8

Showing the 30 lowest declared figures of 87 ranked here. Every model has its own page, reached from its make or its range.

What the difference is worth

The lowest and highest ranked here are 7.4 l/100 km apart (24.9%). At 120,000 km a year and an assumed £1.40 a litre, that is about 8,880 litres a year, or £12,432.

Where it stops mattering: 46 models here are within 10% of the lowest figure, inside the tolerance of declared figures, so the ranking between them is not a reason to choose one over another. The specification ordered matters too: declared figures for the Volvo FH, 375 kW, 6x2 tractor unit (2020–2025) alone span 10.9 l/100 km across its configurations.

The price is an assumption for illustration, not a price we track; use your own. Declared figures compare vehicles with each other on a standard route; they are not what one lorry will use on your roads.

81 models not ranked: fewer than ten declared vehicles behind the figure
Scania R 560 A6x2412 kW27.6 l/100 km4 vehicles
Scania S 460 A6x2/4338 kW28 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania S 560 A6x2412 kW28.6 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania S 560 A6x2/4412 kW28.8 l/100 km1 vehicle
DAF XG+ 480 FTP355 kW29.9 l/100 km2 vehicles
DAF XG 480 FTS355 kW30 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania R 500 A6x2/4, lorry (2019–2022)368 kW30 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania R 540 A6x2/2397 kW30.3 l/100 km4 vehicles
Scania S 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)331 kW30.3 l/100 km6 vehicles
Scania R 590 A6x2*4434 kW30.5 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania G 410 A6x2/4302 kW30.9 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania R 660 A6x2*4485 kW30.9 l/100 km6 vehicles
Scania S 540 A6x2/2397 kW30.9 l/100 km4 vehicles
DAF XG+ 530 FTP390 kW31.1 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania R 410 A6x2302 kW31.2 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania S 650 A6x2/4, lorry (2019–2020)478 kW31.3 l/100 km1 vehicle
DAF XG+ 530 FTG390 kW31.4 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania S 450 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2022)331 kW31.4 l/100 km8 vehicles
Scania S 590 A6x2/2434 kW31.4 l/100 km9 vehicles
Scania R 530 A6x2*4390 kW31.5 l/100 km7 vehicles
Scania G 500 A6x2/2368 kW31.7 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania S 660 A6x2*4485 kW31.7 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania S 660 A6x2/2485 kW31.8 l/100 km3 vehicles
DAF CF 410 FTP, 10.8 L (2017–2022)300 kW31.9 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania G 500 A6x2368 kW31.9 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania P 450 A6x2/4331 kW31.9 l/100 km9 vehicles
Scania S 520 A6x2/4382 kW32 l/100 km8 vehicles
MAN TGX 26.430 6x2/4316 kW32.1 l/100 km5 vehicles
MAN TGX 28.470 6x2, tractor unit (2021–2023)346 kW32.1 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania R 500 A6x2, lorry (2019–2020)368 kW32.1 l/100 km2 vehicles

51 more are not listed here; each has its own page.

Declared by each manufacturer under EU heavy-duty CO₂ monitoring (Regulation (EU) 2018/956), simulated with the EU's VECTO tool (Regulation (EU) 2017/2400). Source: European Environment Agency. Payload 19.3 t, reporting period 2021.

Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 2.6 tonne payload, 2021 declarationsLowest: DAF XG 480 FTP, 22.4 l/100 km · 87 models ranked

Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 2.6 tonne payload, 2021 declarations

Declared to the regulator
  1. Lowest: 22.4 l/100 km
    DAF XG 480 FTP · 355 kW
    21.6–29 l/100 km across 13 declared configurations · 18 declared vehicles
  2. 2: 22.6 l/100 km
    22.5–26.1 l/100 km across 12 declared configurations · 35 declared vehicles
  3. 3: 22.9 l/100 km
    22.4–23.4 l/100 km across 12 declared configurations · 15 declared vehicles
  4. 4: 23 l/100 km
    DAF XG 530 FTG · 390 kW
    23–23.2 l/100 km across 7 declared configurations · 11 declared vehicles
  5. 5: 23.1 l/100 km
    DAF XG 530 FTP · 390 kW
    22.3–29.4 l/100 km across 6 declared configurations · 12 declared vehicles
  6. 6: 23.2 l/100 km
    21.7–25.4 l/100 km across 19 declared configurations · 40 declared vehicles
  7. 6: 23.2 l/100 km
    21.1–25 l/100 km across 40 declared configurations · 78 declared vehicles
  8. 6: 23.2 l/100 km
    22.7–23.4 l/100 km across 7 declared configurations · 12 declared vehicles
  9. 6: 23.2 l/100 km
    22.3–24.2 l/100 km across 20 declared configurations · 28 declared vehicles
  10. 10: 23.3 l/100 km
    21.7–27.2 l/100 km across 48 declared configurations · 88 declared vehicles
  11. 10: 23.3 l/100 km
    21.1–26.3 l/100 km across 21 declared configurations · 33 declared vehicles
  12. 10: 23.3 l/100 km
    21.8–26.4 l/100 km across 40 declared configurations · 49 declared vehicles
  13. 13: 23.4 l/100 km
    22.1–27.8 l/100 km across 49 declared configurations · 57 declared vehicles
  14. 13: 23.4 l/100 km
    22.8–27.9 l/100 km across 35 declared configurations · 40 declared vehicles
  15. 13: 23.4 l/100 km
    21.9–25 l/100 km across 19 declared configurations · 20 declared vehicles
  16. 13: 23.4 l/100 km
    22.9–24.2 l/100 km across 10 declared configurations · 10 declared vehicles
  17. 13: 23.4 l/100 km
    22.6–26.6 l/100 km across 24 declared configurations · 28 declared vehicles
  18. 18: 23.5 l/100 km
    DAF XG+ 530 FTS · 390 kW
    23.1–30.5 l/100 km across 10 declared configurations · 11 declared vehicles
  19. 18: 23.5 l/100 km
    22.1–27.6 l/100 km across 77 declared configurations · 109 declared vehicles
  20. 18: 23.5 l/100 km
    22.6–24.9 l/100 km across 52 declared configurations · 64 declared vehicles
  21. 21: 23.6 l/100 km
    23–27.1 l/100 km across 14 declared configurations · 17 declared vehicles
  22. 21: 23.6 l/100 km
    22.7–26.4 l/100 km across 31 declared configurations · 33 declared vehicles
  23. 23: 23.7 l/100 km
    22.8–23.8 l/100 km across 16 declared configurations · 41 declared vehicles
  24. 24: 23.8 l/100 km
    23–26.6 l/100 km across 10 declared configurations · 12 declared vehicles
  25. 24: 23.8 l/100 km
    21.8–27.8 l/100 km across 148 declared configurations · 233 declared vehicles
  26. 24: 23.8 l/100 km
    22.6–24.4 l/100 km across 23 declared configurations · 29 declared vehicles
  27. 27: 23.9 l/100 km
    22.4–25.4 l/100 km across 25 declared configurations · 42 declared vehicles
  28. 28: 24 l/100 km
    22.7–26.7 l/100 km across 44 declared configurations · 57 declared vehicles
  29. 28: 24 l/100 km
    23.3–27.9 l/100 km across 43 declared configurations · 58 declared vehicles
  30. 30: 24.1 l/100 km
    23.8–27.1 l/100 km across 13 declared configurations · 13 declared vehicles
Bars: median declared litres per 100 km, from zero. The thin line over each bar spans the lowest to highest declared figure for that model.
Table view
Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 2.6 tonne payload, 2021 declarations
RankModelMedian l/100 kmRangeConfigurationsVehiclesMedian g CO₂/t·kmCO₂ range
1DAF XG 480 FTP22.421.6–291318225.3217.3–291.9
2Scania R 410 A6x2/422.622.5–26.11235227.8226.6–262.6
3Scania R 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)22.922.4–23.41215230.8225.1–235.4
4DAF XG 530 FTG2323–23.2711231.9231.8–233.5
5DAF XG 530 FTP23.122.3–29.4612232.2224.9–296
6Scania S 500 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2020–2023)23.221.7–25.41940233.9218.1–255.4
6Scania S 500 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2023)23.221.1–254078233.27212.6–251.6
6Scania S 530 A6x2/223.222.7–23.4712233.1228.6–235.4
6Scania S 540 A6x2/423.222.3–24.22028233.1224.3–243.1
10Scania R 450 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2022)23.321.7–27.24888234.9218.26–273.8
10Scania R 500 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2020–2023)23.321.1–26.32133234.5212.42–264.3
10Scania S 500 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)23.321.8–26.44049234.9219–266
13Scania R 450 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2022)23.422.1–27.84957235.5222.6–279.3
13Scania R 530 A6x2/423.422.8–27.93540235.5229.4–281.3
13Scania R 540 A6x2/423.421.9–251920235.6220.7–251.4
13Scania R 660 A6x2/423.422.9–24.21010235.5230.3–243.1
13Scania S 660 A6x2/423.422.6–26.62428235.7227.9–267.8
18DAF XG+ 530 FTS23.523.1–30.51011236.2232.9–307.1
18Scania R 500 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)23.522.1–27.677109236.1222.2–277.9
18Scania S 540 A6x223.522.6–24.95264236.7227.8–250.2
21Scania R 590 A6x2/423.623–27.11417237.5231.3–272.9
21Scania S 530 A6x2/423.622.7–26.43133237.1228.6–265.5
23Scania S 450 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2022)23.722.8–23.81641238.5229.9–240
24Scania R 500 A6x2*423.823–26.61012239.3231.5–267.4
24Scania R 500 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2023)23.821.8–27.8148233239.7219.8–279.7
24Scania S 590 A6x2/423.822.6–24.42329239.1227.4–245.9
27Scania S 530 A6x223.922.4–25.42542240.6225.87–255.7
28Scania R 530 A6x22422.7–26.74457241.7228.46–268.6
28Scania S 590 A6x22423.3–27.94358241.1234.4–280.4
30MAN TGX 24.510 6x2/2, tractor unit (2020–2023)24.123.8–27.11313242.1239.3–272.7

Showing the 30 lowest declared figures of 87 ranked here. Every model has its own page, reached from its make or its range.

What the difference is worth

The lowest and highest ranked here are 7 l/100 km apart (31.2%). At 120,000 km a year and an assumed £1.40 a litre, that is about 8,400 litres a year, or £11,760.

Where it stops mattering: 41 models here are within 10% of the lowest figure, inside the tolerance of declared figures, so the ranking between them is not a reason to choose one over another. The specification ordered matters too: declared figures for the Mercedes-Benz Actros, 375 kW, 6x2 tractor unit (2019–2023) alone span 9.6 l/100 km across its configurations.

The price is an assumption for illustration, not a price we track; use your own. Declared figures compare vehicles with each other on a standard route; they are not what one lorry will use on your roads.

81 models not ranked: fewer than ten declared vehicles behind the figure
Scania R 560 A6x2412 kW20.3 l/100 km4 vehicles
Scania S 460 A6x2/4338 kW20.9 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania S 560 A6x2412 kW21.2 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania S 560 A6x2/4412 kW21.3 l/100 km1 vehicle
DAF XG+ 480 FTP355 kW22.4 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania R 500 A6x2/4, lorry (2019–2022)368 kW22.5 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania S 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)331 kW22.6 l/100 km6 vehicles
DAF XG 480 FTS355 kW22.7 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania R 540 A6x2/2397 kW22.7 l/100 km4 vehicles
Scania R 590 A6x2*4434 kW23.2 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania S 540 A6x2/2397 kW23.2 l/100 km4 vehicles
DAF XG+ 530 FTP390 kW23.3 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania R 660 A6x2*4485 kW23.3 l/100 km6 vehicles
Scania G 410 A6x2/4302 kW23.5 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania G 500 A6x2368 kW23.5 l/100 km2 vehicles
DAF XG+ 530 FTG390 kW23.6 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania S 450 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2022)331 kW23.6 l/100 km8 vehicles
Scania R 530 A6x2*4390 kW23.7 l/100 km7 vehicles
Scania S 590 A6x2/2434 kW23.7 l/100 km9 vehicles
Scania S 650 A6x2/4, lorry (2019–2020)478 kW23.7 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania R 410 A6x2302 kW23.8 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania S 660 A6x2*4485 kW23.8 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania R 540 A6x2, lorry (2019–2023)397 kW23.9 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania S 660 A6x2/2485 kW23.9 l/100 km3 vehicles
DAF CF 410 FTP, 10.8 L (2017–2022)300 kW24 l/100 km3 vehicles
MAN TGX 28.470 6x2, tractor unit (2021–2023)346 kW24.1 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania G 500 A6x2/2368 kW24.1 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania S 650 A6x2, lorry (2019–2020)478 kW24.1 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania P 450 A6x2/4331 kW24.2 l/100 km9 vehicles
Scania R 500 A6x2, lorry (2019–2020)368 kW24.2 l/100 km2 vehicles

51 more are not listed here; each has its own page.

Declared by each manufacturer under EU heavy-duty CO₂ monitoring (Regulation (EU) 2018/956), simulated with the EU's VECTO tool (Regulation (EU) 2017/2400). Source: European Environment Agency. Payload 2.6 t, reporting period 2021.

Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 19.3 tonne payload, 2020 declarationsLowest: Scania S 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022), 29.6 l/100 km · 79 models ranked

Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 19.3 tonne payload, 2020 declarations

Declared to the regulator
  1. Lowest: 29.6 l/100 km
    29.6–32.2 l/100 km across 6 declared configurations · 12 declared vehicles
  2. 2: 30.5 l/100 km
    30.2–34.1 l/100 km across 19 declared configurations · 42 declared vehicles
  3. 3: 31 l/100 km
    30.1–34.2 l/100 km across 7 declared configurations · 13 declared vehicles
  4. 3: 31 l/100 km
    30.4–34.3 l/100 km across 23 declared configurations · 37 declared vehicles
  5. 5: 31.1 l/100 km
    30.1–32.7 l/100 km across 36 declared configurations · 48 declared vehicles
  6. 6: 31.4 l/100 km
    29.7–33.3 l/100 km across 74 declared configurations · 119 declared vehicles
  7. 6: 31.4 l/100 km
    30.3–33.2 l/100 km across 45 declared configurations · 56 declared vehicles
  8. 8: 31.5 l/100 km
    30.4–37.2 l/100 km across 11 declared configurations · 11 declared vehicles
  9. 8: 31.5 l/100 km
    29.8–32.5 l/100 km across 29 declared configurations · 39 declared vehicles
  10. 10: 31.6 l/100 km
    30–35.8 l/100 km across 80 declared configurations · 177 declared vehicles
  11. 10: 31.6 l/100 km
    30.4–36 l/100 km across 84 declared configurations · 109 declared vehicles
  12. 12: 31.7 l/100 km
    30.3–34.3 l/100 km across 20 declared configurations · 21 declared vehicles
  13. 13: 31.8 l/100 km
    30.1–32.5 l/100 km across 10 declared configurations · 12 declared vehicles
  14. 13: 31.8 l/100 km
    30.4–31.8 l/100 km across 6 declared configurations · 18 declared vehicles
  15. 15: 32 l/100 km
    30.3–35.7 l/100 km across 69 declared configurations · 95 declared vehicles
  16. 15: 32 l/100 km
    31.2–33.6 l/100 km across 10 declared configurations · 10 declared vehicles
  17. 17: 32.4 l/100 km
    30.3–35.7 l/100 km across 163 declared configurations · 254 declared vehicles
  18. 17: 32.4 l/100 km
    30–33.3 l/100 km across 43 declared configurations · 61 declared vehicles
  19. 17: 32.4 l/100 km
    31.6–34.7 l/100 km across 19 declared configurations · 20 declared vehicles
  20. 20: 32.6 l/100 km
    31.5–33.3 l/100 km across 11 declared configurations · 22 declared vehicles
  21. 20: 32.6 l/100 km
    31.3–33.4 l/100 km across 14 declared configurations · 15 declared vehicles
  22. 22: 32.7 l/100 km
    31.2–36.4 l/100 km across 44 declared configurations · 48 declared vehicles
  23. 22: 32.7 l/100 km
    30–35.9 l/100 km across 144 declared configurations · 221 declared vehicles
  24. 22: 32.7 l/100 km
    32.2–35.9 l/100 km across 10 declared configurations · 10 declared vehicles
  25. 22: 32.7 l/100 km
    31.6–32.8 l/100 km across 11 declared configurations · 63 declared vehicles
  26. 22: 32.7 l/100 km
    30.4–37.6 l/100 km across 203 declared configurations · 338 declared vehicles
  27. 27: 32.8 l/100 km
    32.4–33 l/100 km across 11 declared configurations · 24 declared vehicles
  28. 28: 32.9 l/100 km
    30.2–34 l/100 km across 51 declared configurations · 65 declared vehicles
  29. 28: 32.9 l/100 km
    32.2–33.4 l/100 km across 10 declared configurations · 21 declared vehicles
  30. 28: 32.9 l/100 km
    32.3–34 l/100 km across 13 declared configurations · 19 declared vehicles
Bars: median declared litres per 100 km, from zero. The thin line over each bar spans the lowest to highest declared figure for that model.
Table view
Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 19.3 tonne payload, 2020 declarations
RankModelMedian l/100 kmRangeConfigurationsVehiclesMedian g CO₂/t·kmCO₂ range
1Scania S 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)29.629.6–32.261240.140.1–43.6
2Scania R 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)30.530.2–34.1194241.341–46.2
3Scania R 410 A6x2/43130.1–34.27134240.8–46.4
3Scania R 500 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2020–2023)3130.4–34.323374241.3–46.5
5Scania S 450 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2022)31.130.1–32.7364842.140.8–44.4
6Scania R 450 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2022)31.429.7–33.37411942.540.3–45.1
6Scania S 500 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)31.430.3–33.2455642.641.1–45
8Scania R 500 A6x2*431.530.4–37.2111142.741.2–50.4
8Scania S 540 A6x2/431.529.8–32.5293942.640.5–44
10Scania R 450 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2022)31.630–35.88017742.940.7–48.5
10Scania R 500 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)31.630.4–368410942.941.2–48.9
12Scania R 540 A6x2/431.730.3–34.3202142.941.1–46.6
13Scania S 530 A6x231.830.1–32.5101243.140.9–44.1
13Scania S 540 A6x2/231.830.4–31.861843.241.2–43.2
15MAN TGX 26.470 6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2023)3230.3–35.7699543.441.1–48.4
15Scania R 530 A6x23231.2–33.6101043.542.3–45.6
17Scania R 500 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2023)32.430.3–35.716325443.941.1–48.3
17Scania S 500 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2023)32.430–33.3436143.940.7–45.2
17Scania S 520 A6x2/432.431.6–34.7192043.942.8–47.1
20DAF XF 450 FTP, tractor unit (2017–2023)32.631.5–33.3112244.242.7–45.1
20Scania R 660 A6x232.631.3–33.4141544.342.4–45.3
22MAN TGX 28.510 6x2, tractor unit (2020–2023)32.731.2–36.4444844.442.3–49.3
22Scania R 540 A6x2, tractor unit (2020–2023)32.730–35.914422144.340.7–48.7
22Scania R 650 A6x2/432.732.2–35.9101044.343.6–48.7
22Scania S 450 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2022)32.731.6–32.8116344.442.8–44.5
22Volvo FH, 345 kW, 6x2 tractor unit (from 2020)32.730.4–37.620333844.341.2–51
27DAF XF 450 FTG, tractor unit (2018–2023)32.832.4–33112444.543.9–44.8
28Scania S 540 A6x232.930.2–34516544.641–46.1
28Scania S 580 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2021)32.932.2–33.4102144.643.7–45.3
28Scania S 650 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)32.932.3–34131944.643.8–46.1

Showing the 30 lowest declared figures of 79 ranked here. Every model has its own page, reached from its make or its range.

What the difference is worth

The lowest and highest ranked here are 8.4 l/100 km apart (28.3%). At 120,000 km a year and an assumed £1.40 a litre, that is about 10,080 litres a year, or £14,112.

Where it stops mattering: 19 models here are within 10% of the lowest figure, inside the tolerance of declared figures, so the ranking between them is not a reason to choose one over another. The specification ordered matters too: declared figures for the Volvo FM, 375 kW, 6x2 tractor unit (2019–2023) alone span 10.3 l/100 km across its configurations.

The price is an assumption for illustration, not a price we track; use your own. Declared figures compare vehicles with each other on a standard route; they are not what one lorry will use on your roads.

77 models not ranked: fewer than ten declared vehicles behind the figure
Scania R 540 A6x2/2397 kW30.5 l/100 km6 vehicles
Mercedes-Benz Actros, 310 kW, 6x2 tractor unit310 kW30.8 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania S 500 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2020–2023)368 kW30.8 l/100 km5 vehicles
Scania P 410 A6x2302 kW31.1 l/100 km2 vehicles
MAN TGX 24.430 6x2/2316 kW31.2 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania R 410 A6x2302 kW31.2 l/100 km5 vehicles
Scania R 530 A6x2*4390 kW31.2 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania S 660 A6x2/4485 kW31.2 l/100 km4 vehicles
Scania P 450 A6x2/4331 kW31.4 l/100 km6 vehicles
Scania R 450 A6x2*4331 kW31.4 l/100 km8 vehicles
Scania R 660 A6x2/4485 kW31.4 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania S 590 A6x2434 kW31.5 l/100 km6 vehicles
Scania G 410 A6x2/4302 kW31.6 l/100 km5 vehicles
Scania R 530 A6x2/4390 kW31.6 l/100 km5 vehicles
Scania S 590 A6x2/4434 kW31.6 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania S 530 A6x2/4390 kW31.9 l/100 km6 vehicles
DAF CF 430 FTP315 kW32 l/100 km5 vehicles
Scania S 520 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2020)382 kW32 l/100 km2 vehicles
DAF CF 450 FTG, tractor unit (2018–2021)330 kW32.1 l/100 km5 vehicles
Scania R 540 A6x2*4397 kW32.2 l/100 km8 vehicles
Scania G 500 A6x2368 kW32.3 l/100 km8 vehicles
MAN TGX 26.430 6x2/4316 kW32.4 l/100 km5 vehicles
DAF CF 410 FTG300 kW32.5 l/100 km4 vehicles
MAN TGS 26.430 6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)316 kW32.5 l/100 km4 vehicles
Scania R 520 A6x2/2382 kW32.5 l/100 km8 vehicles
Scania S 660 A6x2, tractor unit (2021–2023)485 kW32.5 l/100 km8 vehicles
DAF XF 450 FTS330 kW32.8 l/100 km3 vehicles
DAF XF 480 FTG, lorry (2019–2020)355 kW32.8 l/100 km1 vehicle
MAN TGX 24.510 6x2/4375 kW32.8 l/100 km3 vehicles
MAN TGX 26.510 6x2/2, lorry (2019–2020)375 kW32.8 l/100 km1 vehicle

47 more are not listed here; each has its own page.

Declared by each manufacturer under EU heavy-duty CO₂ monitoring (Regulation (EU) 2018/956), simulated with the EU's VECTO tool (Regulation (EU) 2017/2400). Source: European Environment Agency. Payload 19.3 t, reporting period 2020.

Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 2.6 tonne payload, 2020 declarationsLowest: Scania S 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022), 22.5 l/100 km · 79 models ranked

Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 2.6 tonne payload, 2020 declarations

Declared to the regulator
  1. Lowest: 22.5 l/100 km
    22.5–24.3 l/100 km across 6 declared configurations · 12 declared vehicles
  2. 2: 23 l/100 km
    22.8–26.7 l/100 km across 19 declared configurations · 42 declared vehicles
  3. 3: 23.4 l/100 km
    23–26.5 l/100 km across 23 declared configurations · 37 declared vehicles
  4. 4: 23.5 l/100 km
    22.8–26.7 l/100 km across 7 declared configurations · 13 declared vehicles
  5. 4: 23.5 l/100 km
    23–24.4 l/100 km across 36 declared configurations · 48 declared vehicles
  6. 4: 23.5 l/100 km
    23–24.7 l/100 km across 45 declared configurations · 56 declared vehicles
  7. 7: 23.7 l/100 km
    22.5–25 l/100 km across 74 declared configurations · 119 declared vehicles
  8. 7: 23.7 l/100 km
    22.6–24.2 l/100 km across 29 declared configurations · 39 declared vehicles
  9. 9: 23.8 l/100 km
    22.7–27.9 l/100 km across 80 declared configurations · 177 declared vehicles
  10. 9: 23.8 l/100 km
    23–28 l/100 km across 84 declared configurations · 109 declared vehicles
  11. 9: 23.8 l/100 km
    22.8–26.3 l/100 km across 20 declared configurations · 21 declared vehicles
  12. 9: 23.8 l/100 km
    22.8–24.4 l/100 km across 10 declared configurations · 12 declared vehicles
  13. 9: 23.8 l/100 km
    22.9–23.8 l/100 km across 6 declared configurations · 18 declared vehicles
  14. 14: 23.9 l/100 km
    23.1–29.4 l/100 km across 11 declared configurations · 11 declared vehicles
  15. 15: 24.1 l/100 km
    23.4–25.2 l/100 km across 10 declared configurations · 10 declared vehicles
  16. 16: 24.3 l/100 km
    22.6–25.1 l/100 km across 43 declared configurations · 61 declared vehicles
  17. 17: 24.4 l/100 km
    23.1–28 l/100 km across 69 declared configurations · 95 declared vehicles
  18. 17: 24.4 l/100 km
    23–27.8 l/100 km across 163 declared configurations · 254 declared vehicles
  19. 19: 24.5 l/100 km
    23.5–25.2 l/100 km across 14 declared configurations · 15 declared vehicles
  20. 20: 24.6 l/100 km
    22.8–27.8 l/100 km across 144 declared configurations · 221 declared vehicles
  21. 21: 24.7 l/100 km
    24.1–26.1 l/100 km across 11 declared configurations · 22 declared vehicles
  22. 21: 24.7 l/100 km
    23.8–28 l/100 km across 44 declared configurations · 48 declared vehicles
  23. 23: 24.8 l/100 km
    24.3–27.8 l/100 km across 10 declared configurations · 10 declared vehicles
  24. 23: 24.8 l/100 km
    23.7–24.9 l/100 km across 11 declared configurations · 63 declared vehicles
  25. 23: 24.8 l/100 km
    24.2–27.5 l/100 km across 19 declared configurations · 20 declared vehicles
  26. 23: 24.8 l/100 km
    22.8–25.9 l/100 km across 51 declared configurations · 65 declared vehicles
  27. 23: 24.8 l/100 km
    24.6–25.1 l/100 km across 10 declared configurations · 21 declared vehicles
  28. 28: 24.9 l/100 km
    24.6–25 l/100 km across 11 declared configurations · 24 declared vehicles
  29. 29: 25 l/100 km
    24.6–25.8 l/100 km across 13 declared configurations · 19 declared vehicles
  30. 30: 25.2 l/100 km
    23.7–30 l/100 km across 55 declared configurations · 58 declared vehicles
Bars: median declared litres per 100 km, from zero. The thin line over each bar spans the lowest to highest declared figure for that model.
Table view
Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 2.6 tonne payload, 2020 declarations
RankModelMedian l/100 kmRangeConfigurationsVehiclesMedian g CO₂/t·kmCO₂ range
1Scania S 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)22.522.5–24.3612226.6226.6–244.9
2Scania R 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)2322.8–26.71942231.3229.6–268.3
3Scania R 500 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2020–2023)23.423–26.52337235.6231.2–266.4
4Scania R 410 A6x2/423.522.8–26.7713236.1229.1–268.9
4Scania S 450 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2022)23.523–24.43648236.5231–245.9
4Scania S 500 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)23.523–24.74556236.9231–248.9
7Scania R 450 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2022)23.722.5–2574119238.1226.9–251.3
7Scania S 540 A6x2/423.722.6–24.22939238.9227.4–243.7
9Scania R 450 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2022)23.822.7–27.980177239.8228.9–280.8
9Scania R 500 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)23.823–2884109239.3231.1–281.8
9Scania R 540 A6x2/423.822.8–26.32021239.8229.2–264.8
9Scania S 530 A6x223.822.8–24.41012239.8229.4–245.2
9Scania S 540 A6x2/223.822.9–23.8618239.9230.4–239.9
14Scania R 500 A6x2*423.923.1–29.41111240.4232.1–296.1
15Scania R 530 A6x224.123.4–25.21010242.9235.9–253.8
16Scania S 500 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2023)24.322.6–25.14361244.3227.3–252.8
17MAN TGX 26.470 6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2023)24.423.1–286995245.1232.8–281.6
17Scania R 500 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2023)24.423–27.8163254245.2231–280.2
19Scania R 660 A6x224.523.5–25.21415246.8237–254
20Scania R 540 A6x2, tractor unit (2020–2023)24.622.8–27.8144221247.9229.7–280
21DAF XF 450 FTP, tractor unit (2017–2023)24.724.1–26.11122248.5242.1–262.7
21MAN TGX 28.510 6x2, tractor unit (2020–2023)24.723.8–284448248.9239.9–281.9
23Scania R 650 A6x2/424.824.3–27.81010249.5244.7–279.5
23Scania S 450 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2022)24.823.7–24.91163249.2239–250.4
23Scania S 520 A6x2/424.824.2–27.51920250243.2–276.5
23Scania S 540 A6x224.822.8–25.95165249.1229.5–260.9
23Scania S 580 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2021)24.824.6–25.11021250247.2–253
28DAF XF 450 FTG, tractor unit (2018–2023)24.924.6–251124250.1247.9–251.6
29Scania S 650 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)2524.6–25.81319251.2247.8–259.3
30MAN TGX 26.470 6x2/425.223.7–305558253.9238.3–302.4

Showing the 30 lowest declared figures of 79 ranked here. Every model has its own page, reached from its make or its range.

What the difference is worth

The lowest and highest ranked here are 8.4 l/100 km apart (37.3%). At 120,000 km a year and an assumed £1.40 a litre, that is about 10,080 litres a year, or £14,112.

Where it stops mattering: 22 models here are within 10% of the lowest figure, inside the tolerance of declared figures, so the ranking between them is not a reason to choose one over another. The specification ordered matters too: declared figures for the Volvo FM, 375 kW, 6x2 tractor unit (2019–2023) alone span 10 l/100 km across its configurations.

The price is an assumption for illustration, not a price we track; use your own. Declared figures compare vehicles with each other on a standard route; they are not what one lorry will use on your roads.

77 models not ranked: fewer than ten declared vehicles behind the figure
Scania R 540 A6x2/2397 kW22.9 l/100 km6 vehicles
Scania S 660 A6x2/4485 kW23.2 l/100 km4 vehicles
Scania S 500 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2020–2023)368 kW23.4 l/100 km5 vehicles
Scania R 530 A6x2*4390 kW23.5 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania R 660 A6x2/4485 kW23.5 l/100 km2 vehicles
MAN TGX 24.430 6x2/2316 kW23.6 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania P 410 A6x2302 kW23.6 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania R 530 A6x2/4390 kW23.7 l/100 km5 vehicles
Scania R 410 A6x2302 kW23.8 l/100 km5 vehicles
Scania R 450 A6x2*4331 kW23.8 l/100 km8 vehicles
Scania S 530 A6x2/4390 kW23.8 l/100 km6 vehicles
Scania S 590 A6x2/4434 kW23.8 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania P 450 A6x2/4331 kW23.9 l/100 km6 vehicles
Scania S 590 A6x2434 kW23.9 l/100 km6 vehicles
Mercedes-Benz Actros, 310 kW, 6x2 tractor unit310 kW24 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania G 410 A6x2/4302 kW24.1 l/100 km5 vehicles
DAF CF 450 FTG, tractor unit (2018–2021)330 kW24.2 l/100 km5 vehicles
DAF CF 430 FTP315 kW24.3 l/100 km5 vehicles
Scania R 540 A6x2*4397 kW24.3 l/100 km8 vehicles
Scania G 500 A6x2368 kW24.4 l/100 km8 vehicles
DAF CF 410 FTG300 kW24.5 l/100 km4 vehicles
Scania S 660 A6x2, tractor unit (2021–2023)485 kW24.5 l/100 km8 vehicles
MAN TGX 26.430 6x2/4316 kW24.6 l/100 km5 vehicles
Scania S 520 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2020)382 kW24.6 l/100 km2 vehicles
MAN TGX 24.510 6x2/4375 kW24.9 l/100 km3 vehicles
MAN TGX 26.510 6x2/2, lorry (2019–2020)375 kW24.9 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania R 520 A6x2/2382 kW24.9 l/100 km8 vehicles
Scania R 590 A6x2434 kW24.9 l/100 km9 vehicles
DAF XF 450 FTS330 kW25 l/100 km3 vehicles
DAF XF 480 FTG, lorry (2019–2020)355 kW25 l/100 km1 vehicle

47 more are not listed here; each has its own page.

Declared by each manufacturer under EU heavy-duty CO₂ monitoring (Regulation (EU) 2018/956), simulated with the EU's VECTO tool (Regulation (EU) 2017/2400). Source: European Environment Agency. Payload 2.6 t, reporting period 2020.

Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 19.3 tonne payload, 2019 declarationsLowest: Scania S 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022), 30.4 l/100 km · 130 models ranked

Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 19.3 tonne payload, 2019 declarations

Declared to the regulator
  1. Lowest: 30.4 l/100 km
    29.9–32.2 l/100 km across 7 declared configurations · 18 declared vehicles
  2. 2: 31 l/100 km
    30.6–36.3 l/100 km across 22 declared configurations · 48 declared vehicles
  3. 2: 31 l/100 km
    29.1–34.8 l/100 km across 395 declared configurations · 2,396 declared vehicles
  4. 4: 31.1 l/100 km
    29.3–34.5 l/100 km across 78 declared configurations · 425 declared vehicles
  5. 4: 31.1 l/100 km
    29.4–34.5 l/100 km across 33 declared configurations · 251 declared vehicles
  6. 4: 31.1 l/100 km
    30.8–31.8 l/100 km across 9 declared configurations · 11 declared vehicles
  7. 7: 31.2 l/100 km
    29.3–34.2 l/100 km across 90 declared configurations · 194 declared vehicles
  8. 7: 31.2 l/100 km
    29.4–31.9 l/100 km across 83 declared configurations · 280 declared vehicles
  9. 7: 31.2 l/100 km
    29.6–33.9 l/100 km across 112 declared configurations · 225 declared vehicles
  10. 7: 31.2 l/100 km
    29.4–33 l/100 km across 171 declared configurations · 434 declared vehicles
  11. 7: 31.2 l/100 km
    30.5–32.1 l/100 km across 11 declared configurations · 14 declared vehicles
  12. 12: 31.3 l/100 km
    30.6–34 l/100 km across 13 declared configurations · 52 declared vehicles
  13. 12: 31.3 l/100 km
    30.1–34.8 l/100 km across 146 declared configurations · 202 declared vehicles
  14. 12: 31.3 l/100 km
    29.5–36 l/100 km across 127 declared configurations · 241 declared vehicles
  15. 12: 31.3 l/100 km
    30.4–31.7 l/100 km across 8 declared configurations · 13 declared vehicles
  16. 16: 31.4 l/100 km
    29.4–33 l/100 km across 12 declared configurations · 17 declared vehicles
  17. 16: 31.4 l/100 km
    30.1–33.5 l/100 km across 94 declared configurations · 158 declared vehicles
  18. 18: 31.6 l/100 km
    29.7–35.4 l/100 km across 145 declared configurations · 201 declared vehicles
  19. 18: 31.6 l/100 km
    30–34 l/100 km across 48 declared configurations · 73 declared vehicles
  20. 18: 31.6 l/100 km
    31–31.9 l/100 km across 22 declared configurations · 34 declared vehicles
  21. 21: 31.7 l/100 km
    30.8–32.6 l/100 km across 10 declared configurations · 18 declared vehicles
  22. 22: 31.8 l/100 km
    30–32.2 l/100 km across 14 declared configurations · 35 declared vehicles
  23. 22: 31.8 l/100 km
    31.4–32.3 l/100 km across 7 declared configurations · 10 declared vehicles
  24. 24: 31.9 l/100 km
    30.8–32.3 l/100 km across 15 declared configurations · 18 declared vehicles
  25. 24: 31.9 l/100 km
    30.1–33.7 l/100 km across 58 declared configurations · 91 declared vehicles
  26. 26: 32 l/100 km
    30.7–35.9 l/100 km across 63 declared configurations · 412 declared vehicles
  27. 26: 32 l/100 km
    30.2–34.6 l/100 km across 134 declared configurations · 195 declared vehicles
  28. 28: 32.1 l/100 km
    31.3–36 l/100 km across 38 declared configurations · 261 declared vehicles
  29. 28: 32.1 l/100 km
    31–35.9 l/100 km across 219 declared configurations · 620 declared vehicles
  30. 30: 32.2 l/100 km
    31.9–36.2 l/100 km across 20 declared configurations · 41 declared vehicles
Bars: median declared litres per 100 km, from zero. The thin line over each bar spans the lowest to highest declared figure for that model.
Table view
Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 19.3 tonne payload, 2019 declarations
RankModelMedian l/100 kmRangeConfigurationsVehiclesMedian g CO₂/t·kmCO₂ range
1Scania S 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)30.429.9–32.271841.340.5–43.6
2Scania R 410 A6x2/43130.6–36.322484241.6–49.2
2Scania R 450 A6x2/2, lorry (2019–2020)3129.1–34.83952,3964239.5–47.2
4Scania R 450 A6x2, lorry (2019–2020)31.129.3–34.57842542.139.7–46.8
4Scania R 450 A6x2/4, lorry (2019)31.129.4–34.53325142.239.9–46.8
4Scania R 540 A6x2/431.130.8–31.891142.141.7–43.2
7Scania R 500 A6x2/2, lorry (2019–2020)31.229.3–34.29019442.339.8–46.4
7Scania S 450 A6x2/2, lorry (2019–2020)31.229.4–31.98328042.339.9–43.2
7Scania S 500 A6x2, lorry (2019–2020)31.229.6–33.911222542.340.1–45.9
7Scania S 500 A6x2/2, lorry (2019–2020)31.229.4–3317143442.339.9–44.7
7Scania S 540 A6x2/431.230.5–32.1111442.341.3–43.5
12Scania G 410 A6x2/231.330.6–34135242.441.5–46.2
12Scania R 450 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2022)31.330.1–34.814620242.440.9–47.2
12Scania R 500 A6x2, lorry (2019–2020)31.329.5–3612724142.439.9–48.8
12Scania S 450 A6x2, lorry (2019–2020)31.330.4–31.781342.441.2–42.9
16Scania R 500 A6x2/4, lorry (2019–2022)31.429.4–33121742.539.8–44.7
16Scania S 500 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)31.430.1–33.59415842.640.8–45.5
18Scania R 500 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)31.629.7–35.414520142.840.3–47.9
18Scania S 450 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2022)31.630–34487342.840.7–46.2
18Scania S 500 A6x2/4, lorry (2019–2020)31.631–31.9223442.942–43.2
21Scania S 450 A6x2/4, lorry (2019–2022)31.730.8–32.610184341.8–44.2
22Scania R 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)31.830–32.2143543.240.7–43.6
22Scania S 450 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2022)31.831.4–32.371043.142.6–43.8
24MAN TGX 26.430 6x2/231.930.8–32.3151843.241.7–43.8
24Scania R 450 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2022)31.930.1–33.7589143.240.7–45.7
26Scania P 450 A6x2/23230.7–35.96341243.441.6–48.6
26Scania S 500 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2023)3230.2–34.613419543.440.9–46.9
28DAF CF 450 FTG, lorry (2019–2020)32.131.3–363826143.542.5–48.8
28MAN TGX 26.470 6x2/2, lorry (2019–2020)32.131–35.921962043.642–48.7
30DAF CF 450 FTG, tractor unit (2018–2021)32.231.9–36.2204143.643.3–49.1

Showing the 30 lowest declared figures of 130 ranked here. Every model has its own page, reached from its make or its range.

What the difference is worth

The lowest and highest ranked here are 9.6 l/100 km apart (31.5%). At 120,000 km a year and an assumed £1.40 a litre, that is about 11,520 litres a year, or £16,128.

Where it stops mattering: 63 models here are within 10% of the lowest figure, inside the tolerance of declared figures, so the ranking between them is not a reason to choose one over another. The specification ordered matters too: declared figures for the Volvo FM, 375 kW, 6x2 tractor unit (2019–2023) alone span 11.3 l/100 km across its configurations.

The price is an assumption for illustration, not a price we track; use your own. Declared figures compare vehicles with each other on a standard route; they are not what one lorry will use on your roads.

50 models not ranked: fewer than ten declared vehicles behind the figure
Scania R 410 A6x2302 kW30.4 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania G 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)331 kW30.7 l/100 km8 vehicles
Scania R 540 A6x2*4397 kW30.7 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania G 410 A6x2/4302 kW31.3 l/100 km5 vehicles
Scania R 540 A6x2, lorry (2019–2023)397 kW31.3 l/100 km7 vehicles
MAN TGX 24.470 6x2/2346 kW31.8 l/100 km4 vehicles
DAF CF 410 FTG300 kW31.9 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania P 450 A6x2/4331 kW31.9 l/100 km3 vehicles
DAF CF 430 FTP315 kW32 l/100 km9 vehicles
DAF CF 410 FTP, 10.8 L (2017–2022)300 kW32.1 l/100 km7 vehicles
Scania R 450 A6x2*4331 kW32.1 l/100 km8 vehicles
Scania S 500 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2020–2023)368 kW32.2 l/100 km9 vehicles
MAN TGS 26.430 6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)316 kW32.4 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania R 500 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2020–2023)368 kW32.5 l/100 km9 vehicles
MAN TGX 24.510 6x2/2, tractor unit (2020–2023)375 kW32.6 l/100 km4 vehicles
DAF XF 430 FTP315 kW32.8 l/100 km3 vehicles
Mercedes-Benz Actros, 290 kW, 6x2 tractor unit290 kW32.8 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania R 520 A6x2/2382 kW32.8 l/100 km6 vehicles
Scania S 580 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2021)427 kW32.8 l/100 km8 vehicles
Scania G 500 A6x2/2368 kW32.9 l/100 km7 vehicles
Scania G 500 A6x2368 kW32.9 l/100 km9 vehicles
DAF XF 480 FTR, tractor unit (2019–2023)355 kW33 l/100 km6 vehicles
Volvo FM, 345 kW, 6x2 tractor unit, 10.8 L (2019–2022)345 kW33.2 l/100 km3 vehicles
MAN TGS 26.470 6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)346 kW33.5 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania G 450 A6x2, lorry (2019–2021)331 kW33.6 l/100 km9 vehicles
Scania S 650 A6x2*4478 kW33.6 l/100 km7 vehicles
Scania R 650 A6x2*4478 kW33.9 l/100 km8 vehicles
MAN TGX 28.470 6x2-2346 kW34 l/100 km8 vehicles
Scania P 410 A6x2302 kW34 l/100 km4 vehicles
DAF CF 530 FTR390 kW34.1 l/100 km9 vehicles

20 more are not listed here; each has its own page.

Declared by each manufacturer under EU heavy-duty CO₂ monitoring (Regulation (EU) 2018/956), simulated with the EU's VECTO tool (Regulation (EU) 2017/2400). Source: European Environment Agency. Payload 19.3 t, reporting period 2019.

Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 2.6 tonne payload, 2019 declarationsLowest: Scania S 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022), 23 l/100 km · 130 models ranked

Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 2.6 tonne payload, 2019 declarations

Declared to the regulator
  1. Lowest: 23 l/100 km
    22.7–24.3 l/100 km across 7 declared configurations · 18 declared vehicles
  2. 2: 23.3 l/100 km
    22.2–27 l/100 km across 395 declared configurations · 2,396 declared vehicles
  3. 2: 23.3 l/100 km
    22.4–26.9 l/100 km across 33 declared configurations · 251 declared vehicles
  4. 2: 23.3 l/100 km
    23–23.8 l/100 km across 9 declared configurations · 11 declared vehicles
  5. 5: 23.4 l/100 km
    22.2–26.8 l/100 km across 78 declared configurations · 425 declared vehicles
  6. 5: 23.4 l/100 km
    23–23.8 l/100 km across 8 declared configurations · 13 declared vehicles
  7. 5: 23.4 l/100 km
    22.4–23.9 l/100 km across 83 declared configurations · 280 declared vehicles
  8. 5: 23.4 l/100 km
    23–24.1 l/100 km across 11 declared configurations · 14 declared vehicles
  9. 9: 23.5 l/100 km
    23–28.2 l/100 km across 22 declared configurations · 48 declared vehicles
  10. 9: 23.5 l/100 km
    22.4–28.1 l/100 km across 127 declared configurations · 241 declared vehicles
  11. 9: 23.5 l/100 km
    22.3–26.3 l/100 km across 90 declared configurations · 194 declared vehicles
  12. 9: 23.5 l/100 km
    22.3–25.5 l/100 km across 12 declared configurations · 17 declared vehicles
  13. 9: 23.5 l/100 km
    22.5–26.4 l/100 km across 112 declared configurations · 225 declared vehicles
  14. 9: 23.5 l/100 km
    22.3–25.3 l/100 km across 171 declared configurations · 434 declared vehicles
  15. 15: 23.6 l/100 km
    22.9–27.1 l/100 km across 146 declared configurations · 202 declared vehicles
  16. 15: 23.6 l/100 km
    22.8–25.7 l/100 km across 94 declared configurations · 158 declared vehicles
  17. 17: 23.7 l/100 km
    23.3–26.6 l/100 km across 13 declared configurations · 52 declared vehicles
  18. 17: 23.7 l/100 km
    22.8–26.4 l/100 km across 48 declared configurations · 73 declared vehicles
  19. 17: 23.7 l/100 km
    23.3–23.9 l/100 km across 22 declared configurations · 34 declared vehicles
  20. 20: 23.8 l/100 km
    22.7–24.2 l/100 km across 14 declared configurations · 35 declared vehicles
  21. 20: 23.8 l/100 km
    22.4–27.6 l/100 km across 145 declared configurations · 201 declared vehicles
  22. 20: 23.8 l/100 km
    23.2–24.2 l/100 km across 10 declared configurations · 18 declared vehicles
  23. 23: 24 l/100 km
    23–27.6 l/100 km across 63 declared configurations · 412 declared vehicles
  24. 23: 24 l/100 km
    22.9–25.8 l/100 km across 58 declared configurations · 91 declared vehicles
  25. 23: 24 l/100 km
    23.8–24.5 l/100 km across 7 declared configurations · 10 declared vehicles
  26. 26: 24.1 l/100 km
    22.7–26.3 l/100 km across 134 declared configurations · 195 declared vehicles
  27. 27: 24.2 l/100 km
    23.8–28.1 l/100 km across 38 declared configurations · 261 declared vehicles
  28. 27: 24.2 l/100 km
    24.1–28.4 l/100 km across 20 declared configurations · 41 declared vehicles
  29. 29: 24.3 l/100 km
    23.4–25.7 l/100 km across 12 declared configurations · 14 declared vehicles
  30. 30: 24.5 l/100 km
    24.4–25 l/100 km across 9 declared configurations · 10 declared vehicles
Bars: median declared litres per 100 km, from zero. The thin line over each bar spans the lowest to highest declared figure for that model.
Table view
Long-haul 6×2 tractor units, 2.6 tonne payload, 2019 declarations
RankModelMedian l/100 kmRangeConfigurationsVehiclesMedian g CO₂/t·kmCO₂ range
1Scania S 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)2322.7–24.3718231.4228.4–244.9
2Scania R 450 A6x2/2, lorry (2019–2020)23.322.2–273952,396234.3223.3–272
2Scania R 450 A6x2/4, lorry (2019)23.322.4–26.933251234.9225.1–271
2Scania R 540 A6x2/423.323–23.8911234.1231.7–239.5
5Scania R 450 A6x2, lorry (2019–2020)23.422.2–26.878425235.4223.8–270.2
5Scania S 450 A6x2, lorry (2019–2020)23.423–23.8813235.9231.4–239.4
5Scania S 450 A6x2/2, lorry (2019–2020)23.422.4–23.983280236225–240.2
5Scania S 540 A6x2/423.423–24.11114235.7231.3–243
9Scania R 410 A6x2/423.523–28.22248236.1231.9–283.6
9Scania R 500 A6x2, lorry (2019–2020)23.522.4–28.1127241236.2225.5–282.9
9Scania R 500 A6x2/2, lorry (2019–2020)23.522.3–26.390194236.7224.3–264.7
9Scania R 500 A6x2/4, lorry (2019–2022)23.522.3–25.51217236.2224.6–256.1
9Scania S 500 A6x2, lorry (2019–2020)23.522.5–26.4112225236.1226.9–265.6
9Scania S 500 A6x2/2, lorry (2019–2020)23.522.3–25.3171434236224.8–255.1
15Scania R 450 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2022)23.622.9–27.1146202237.4230.4–272.4
15Scania S 500 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)23.622.8–25.794158237.4229.8–258.6
17Scania G 410 A6x2/223.723.3–26.61352238.1234.7–267.6
17Scania S 450 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2022)23.722.8–26.44873238.7229.4–265.8
17Scania S 500 A6x2/4, lorry (2019–2020)23.723.3–23.92234238.1234.3–240.9
20Scania R 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)23.822.7–24.21435239.3228.8–243.2
20Scania R 500 A6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)23.822.4–27.6145201239.7225.4–277.5
20Scania S 450 A6x2/4, lorry (2019–2022)23.823.2–24.21018239.6233.7–243.3
23Scania P 450 A6x2/22423–27.663412241.6231.7–278.1
23Scania R 450 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2022)2422.9–25.85891242230.4–259.8
23Scania S 450 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2022)2423.8–24.5710241.3239.1–246.2
26Scania S 500 A6x2, tractor unit (2019–2023)24.122.7–26.3134195243228.8–264.3
27DAF CF 450 FTG, lorry (2019–2020)24.223.8–28.138261243.1239.4–283.2
27DAF CF 450 FTG, tractor unit (2018–2021)24.224.1–28.42041243.6242.5–285.4
29Scania S 540 A6x224.323.4–25.71214244.9235.3–258.3
30MAN TGX 24.510 6x2/2, lorry (2019–2020)24.524.4–25910246.2245.6–251.4

Showing the 30 lowest declared figures of 130 ranked here. Every model has its own page, reached from its make or its range.

What the difference is worth

The lowest and highest ranked here are 8.9 l/100 km apart (38.6%). At 120,000 km a year and an assumed £1.40 a litre, that is about 10,680 litres a year, or £14,952.

Where it stops mattering: 54 models here are within 10% of the lowest figure, inside the tolerance of declared figures, so the ranking between them is not a reason to choose one over another. The specification ordered matters too: declared figures for the Volvo FM, 375 kW, 6x2 tractor unit (2019–2023) alone span 11.1 l/100 km across its configurations.

The price is an assumption for illustration, not a price we track; use your own. Declared figures compare vehicles with each other on a standard route; they are not what one lorry will use on your roads.

50 models not ranked: fewer than ten declared vehicles behind the figure
Scania R 410 A6x2302 kW22.8 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania R 540 A6x2*4397 kW23 l/100 km1 vehicle
Scania R 540 A6x2, lorry (2019–2023)397 kW23.4 l/100 km7 vehicles
Scania G 410 A6x2/4302 kW23.5 l/100 km5 vehicles
Scania G 450 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2022)331 kW23.5 l/100 km8 vehicles
DAF CF 410 FTG300 kW24.1 l/100 km2 vehicles
DAF CF 410 FTP, 10.8 L (2017–2022)300 kW24.1 l/100 km7 vehicles
Scania P 450 A6x2/4331 kW24.2 l/100 km3 vehicles
DAF CF 430 FTP315 kW24.3 l/100 km9 vehicles
Scania S 500 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2020–2023)368 kW24.3 l/100 km9 vehicles
MAN TGX 24.470 6x2/2346 kW24.4 l/100 km4 vehicles
Scania R 500 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2020–2023)368 kW24.5 l/100 km9 vehicles
MAN TGS 26.430 6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)316 kW24.7 l/100 km2 vehicles
MAN TGX 24.510 6x2/2, tractor unit (2020–2023)375 kW24.9 l/100 km4 vehicles
Scania R 450 A6x2*4331 kW24.9 l/100 km8 vehicles
DAF XF 430 FTP315 kW25 l/100 km3 vehicles
Scania G 500 A6x2/2368 kW25 l/100 km7 vehicles
Scania R 520 A6x2/2382 kW25 l/100 km6 vehicles
Mercedes-Benz Actros, 290 kW, 6x2 tractor unit290 kW25.1 l/100 km2 vehicles
Scania G 500 A6x2368 kW25.1 l/100 km9 vehicles
Scania S 580 A6x2/2, tractor unit (2019–2021)427 kW25.1 l/100 km8 vehicles
DAF XF 480 FTR, tractor unit (2019–2023)355 kW25.3 l/100 km6 vehicles
Volvo FM, 345 kW, 6x2 tractor unit, 10.8 L (2019–2022)345 kW25.3 l/100 km3 vehicles
MAN TGS 26.470 6x2/4, tractor unit (2019–2023)346 kW25.4 l/100 km3 vehicles
DAF CF 530 FTR390 kW25.8 l/100 km9 vehicles
MAN TGX 28.470 6x2-2346 kW26.1 l/100 km8 vehicles
Scania P 410 A6x2302 kW26.1 l/100 km4 vehicles
Scania R 650 A6x2*4478 kW26.2 l/100 km8 vehicles
Scania S 650 A6x2*4478 kW26.2 l/100 km7 vehicles
Volvo FM, 338 kW, 6x2 tractor unit (2014–2019)338 kW26.2 l/100 km3 vehicles

20 more are not listed here; each has its own page.

Declared by each manufacturer under EU heavy-duty CO₂ monitoring (Regulation (EU) 2018/956), simulated with the EU's VECTO tool (Regulation (EU) 2017/2400). Source: European Environment Agency. Payload 2.6 t, reporting period 2019.