Drivers of two popular cars warned 'get rid' before £1,014 charge

Mercedes drivers have been warned to ditch their cars and get £1,500 extra in their bank account - due to poor fuel efficiency. The fuel efficiency of your car has a drastic impact on how much your car costs you each year to run.

Experts at Nimble Fins have warned: "Cars with the best fuel economy (e.g., the Skoda Octavia which achieves around 67.3 mpg in the real world) cost a fraction of the price to run as a car with poor gas mileage (e.g., Land Rover Discovery or Mercedes S500 that get only around 26-27 mpg).

"For example, a motorist that clocks the average of 6,000 miles per year would pay £717 per year in petrol if their car achieves 55 mpg, while a car that guzzles 25 mpg costs their driver over £1,500 a year at the pump." Newer cars tend to have better gas mileage as technology improves.

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A 25 mpg will set you back £1,577 while a 30 mpg will cost £1,314. 35 mpg will cost £1,126, 40 mpg will cost £986 and 45 mpg will set drivers back £876 while 50 mpg will cost £788 and 55 mpg £717. 60 mpg will cost £657, 65 mpg will cost £606 and 70 mpg will cost £563.

That's a whopping £1,014 difference between 25 mpg and 70 mpg. The price of fuel rarely stays at the same level for long, increasing and decreasing regularly - even if only in small amounts. But it’s useful to be aware of what fuel prices are, so you know how much you’ll have to pay to fill your vehicle up.

You’ll also know what the UK average is, so you can see which fuel stations are expensive. All drivers want to save fuel - both to limit the impact on the environment and also to reduce costs as much as possible. The longer fuel can last, the less often motorists have to spend money at the pumps.