Comparison of Mercury Mountaineer 4.0 i V6 AWD and Holden Calais Wagon (VT) 5.0 i V8

Attribute	Holden Calais Wagon (VT) 5.0 i V8 ×	Mercury Mountaineer 4.0 i V6 AWD ×
General
Make	Holden	Mercury
Model	Calais	Mountaineer
Generation	Calais Wagon (VT)	Mountaineer
Modification	5.0 i V8	4.0 i V6 AWD
Website	https://www.holden.com.au/	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(automobile)
Number of doors	5	5
Number of seats	5	7
Body type	Station wagon (estate)	Off-road vehicle
Transmission	automatic	automatic
Number of gears	4	5
Production from (year)	1998	1998
Production to (year)	2006	2001
Drive
Drive	Rear wheel drive	All wheel drive (4x4)
Position of engine	Front,ongitudinal	Front,ongitudinal
Fuel	Petrol (Gasoline)	Petrol (Gasoline)
Max. power (hp)	243	210
Max. torque (Nm)	400	346
Fuel Engine
Number of cylinders	8	6
Cylinders arrangement	V engine	V engine
Valves per cylinder	2	2
Engine displacement (cm³)	4,981	3,996
Compression ratio	8.8	9.7
Max. power @ rpm (rpm)	4,800	5,100
Max. torque @ rpm (rpm)	3,600	3,700
Cylinder bore (mm)	101.6	100.3
Piston stroke (mm)	76.8	84.3
Fuel system	Multi-point injection	Multi-point injection
Valve control	-	-
Fuel tank (l)	73	85
Chassis
ABS	+	+
Front wheel suspension	Helical spring	Double wishbone
Rear wheel suspension	Helical spring	Helical spring
Steering type	-	Steering rack
Power steering	Hydraulic Steering	Hydraulic Steering
Front brakes	Ventilated discs	Ventilated discs
Rear brakes	Disc	Disc
Tires size	205/65 R15	245/75 R16 S
Dimensions
Length (mm)	5,040	4,844
Width (mm)	1,845	1,831
Height (mm)	1,545	1,806
Wheelbase (mm)	2,940	2,880
Kerb weight (kg)	1,690	2,000
Maximum boot space (l)	2,685	2,302
Front track (mm)	1,570	1,547
Rear track (mm)	1,585	1,554