Hyundai Tucson vs Mercedes-Benz GLC (2016) — example ownership cost comparison
This page compares the estimated total cost of ownership for a Hyundai Tucson 2016 and a Mercedes-Benz GLC 2016, using two real 73 Auto example reports. It breaks the same cost categories — depreciation, fuel/energy, insurance, servicing, tax and more — down side by side, so you can see exactly where the two figures agree or diverge. An illustrative side-by-side comparison of two real 73 Auto example scenarios — a 2016 Hyundai Tucson petrol and a 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLC diesel — showing how the same cost categories are broken down and compared. This is not a market-wide claim that one model is cheaper than the other; the two examples differ in fuel type.
Hyundai Tucson 2016
£4,850
per year, this example
£404 per month
Mercedes-Benz GLC 2016
£5,934
per year, this example
£495 per month
Difference: £1,084 per year (£90 per month) — Mercedes-Benz GLC 2016 costs 22.4% more than Hyundai Tucson 2016.
Which costs less to own?
Hyundai Tucson 2016 is estimated to cost less to own than Mercedes-Benz GLC 2016 in these two examples, by £1,084 per year — 18.3% less than Mercedes-Benz GLC 2016.
Category comparison
| Category | Hyundai Tucson 2016 | Mercedes-Benz GLC 2016 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | £1,031(21%) | £1,616(27%) | £585 |
| Fuel / Energy | £1,046(22%) | £1,134(19%) | £88 |
| Insurance | £560(12%) | £680(11%) | £120 |
| Service & MOT | £719(15%) | £769(13%) | £50 |
| Maintenance & Repairs | £446(9%) | £470(8%) | £24 |
| Urban Costs (CC / ULEZ / Parking) | £240(5%) | £240(4%) | £0 |
| VED / Road Tax | £150(3%) | £150(3%) | £0 |
| Tyres | £135(3%) | £135(2%) | £0 |
| Roadside Assistance | £130(3%) | £130(2%) | £0 |
| Finance / Leasing | £394(8%) | £609(10%) | £215 |
| Total per year | £4,850 | £5,934 | £1,084 |
Figures shown are each category's annual cost as printed in the source report. A percentage in brackets is that category's share of the vehicle's own total, only where the source report states one.
What the numbers show
- Hyundai Tucson 2016 has the lower estimated annual ownership cost in these two example reports, at £4,850 per year versus £5,934 for Mercedes-Benz GLC 2016, a difference of £1,084 per year. Mercedes-Benz GLC 2016 costs 22.4% more than Hyundai Tucson 2016.
- The largest category difference is depreciation: £1,031 for Hyundai Tucson 2016 versus £1,616 for Mercedes-Benz GLC 2016, a difference of £585 per year.
- Urban Costs (CC / ULEZ / Parking) is identical between the two vehicles in these examples, at £240 per year for both Hyundai Tucson 2016 and Mercedes-Benz GLC 2016.
- Combined depreciation and finance/leasing cost £1,425 per year for Hyundai Tucson 2016, versus £2,225 per year for Mercedes-Benz GLC 2016, in these examples.
- Hyundai Tucson 2016 has the lower estimated fuel/energy cost in these examples, at £1,046 per year versus £1,134 per year for Mercedes-Benz GLC 2016.