Facts and figures

13 Feb, 2013 10:30am Comments

	Mazda 6 2.2D Sport	VW Passat 2.0 TDI Sport	Skoda Superb 2.0 TDI SE Plus
On the road price/total as tested	£25,495/£26,755	£25,120/£25,120	£23,755/£23,755
Residual value (after 3yrs/36,000)	£10,861/42.6%	£10,500/41.8%	£9,526/40.1%
Depreciation	£14,634	£14,620	£14,229
Annual tax liability std/higher rate	£865/£1,730	£902/£1,805	£1,084/£2,168
Annual fuel cost (12k/20k miles)	£2,010/£3,350	£1,768/£2,946	£1,872/£3,120
Ins. group/quote/road tax band/cost	21/£599/C/£30	21/£471/C/£120	23/£438/F/£135
Cost of 1st/2nd/3rd service	TBC	£349 (3yrs/30k)	£173/£273/£173

Length/wheelbase	4,870/2,830mm	4,874/2,712mm	4,838/2,761mm
Height/width	1,450/1,840mm	1,470/1,820mm	1,462/1,817mm
Engine	4cyl in-line/2,191cc	4cyl in-line/1,968cc	4cyl in-line/1,968cc
Peak power/revs	173/4,500 bhp/rpm	168/4,200 bhp/rpm	168/4,200 bhp/rpm
Peak torque/revs	420/2,000 Nm/rpm	350/1,750 Nm/rpm	350/1,750 Nm/rpm
Transmission	6-spd man/fwd	6-spd man/fwd	6-spd man/fwd
Fuel tank capacity/spare wheel	62 litres/repair kit	70 litres/full-size alloy	60 litres/space-saver
Boot capacity (seats up/down)	483/1,632 litres	565 litres/N/A	595/1,700 litres
Kerbweight/payload/towing weight	2,055/650/1,600kg	2,100/643/1,800kg	2,118/638/1,800kg
Turning circle/drag coefficient	11.2 metres/0.26Cd	11.4 metres/0.27Cd	10.8 metres/0.30Cd
Basic warranty (miles)/recovery	3yrs (60k)/3yrs Mazda	3yrs (60k)/1yr VW	3yrs (60k)/3yrs Skoda
Service intervals/UK dealers	12,500 miles (1yr)/170	Variable/223	Variable/135
Driver Power manufacturer/dealer pos.	17th/27th	18th/25th	1st/3rd
Euro NCAP: Adult/child/ped./stars	N/A	91/77/54/5	90/81/50/5

0-60/30-70mph	8.5/7.5 secs*	8.7/8.0 secs	8.0/7.9 secs
30-50mph in 3rd/4th	3.1/4.5 secs	4.1/6.7 secs	3.4/4.7 secs
50-70mph in 5th/6th	5.9/7.8 secs	7.7/10.8 secs	7.1/8.7 secs
Top speed/rpm at 70mph	139mph/2,050rpm	140mph/1,850rpm	138mph/2,050rpm
Braking 70-0/60-0/30-0mph	52.4/37.9/9.9m*	49.1/34.7/10.0m	50.7/36.9/9.5m
Noise outside/idle/30/70mph	60/43/62/69dB	67/47/59/68dB	71/49/61/67dB
Auto Express econ (mpg/mpl)/range	38.0/8.4/518 miles	43.2/9.6/665 miles	40.8/9.1/538 miles
Govt urban/extra-urban/combined	51.4/72.4/62.8mpg	52.3/68.9/61.4mpg	37.7/60.1/49.6mpg
Govt urban/extra-urban/combined	11.3/15.9/13.8mpl	11.5/15.2/13.5mpl	8.3/13.2/10.9mpl
Actual/claimed CO2/tax bracket	199/119g/km/17%	175/120g/km/18%	186/149g/km/23%

Airbags/park. sens./reversing camera	Six/yes/yes	Six/£435/£300	Seven/rear**/no
Automatic box/stability/cruise control	£1,200/yes/yes	£1,720/yes/yes	£1,345/yes/yes
Climate control/leather/heated seats	Yes/yes/yes	Yes/£1,365/£270	Yes/no/£195
Metallic paint/xenon lights/keyless go	£520^/yes/yes	£500/£1,005/£435	£495/£865/£370
Sat-nav/USB/DAB radio/Bluetooth	£600/yes/no/yes	Yes/yes/yes/yes	Yes/yes/no/yes