Brawler
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Some napkin maths:
That is excluding questionable long term reliability and terrible resale.
I suspect the Chinese will do WAY better with EV's but the 1.5T in their current vehicles is a dog.
| Haval Jolion | |
| l/100km | 12 |
| Fuel price (Rands) | 23 |
| Life of vehicle (KM) | 200 000 |
| Litre/KM | 0,12 |
| Litre/life of vehicle | 24 000 |
| Petrol (Rands) life of vehicle | 552000 |
| Hyundai Creta | |
| l/100km | 7 |
| Fuel price (rands) | 23 |
| Life of vehicle (KM) | 200 000 |
| Litre/km | 0,07 |
| Litre/life of vehicle | 14 000 |
| Petrol (Rands) life of vehicle | 322000 |
| Difference (Rands) | 230000 |
| Up front Haval 1.5 Premium (Rands) | 390000 |
| Up front Hyundai Creta 1,5 Premium (Rands) | 469000 |
| Up front Hyundai is more expensive by: (Rands) | 79000 |
| Over life of vehicle Haval is more expensive by: (Rands) | 151000 |
That is excluding questionable long term reliability and terrible resale.
I suspect the Chinese will do WAY better with EV's but the 1.5T in their current vehicles is a dog.