Baron 1898 vs Fury 325

Vintage is the reversed stat — the older ride wins. Every number here is the same one printed on the card; see /methodology for how Build Cost and Throughput are sourced.

The verdict

Fury 325 takes it 4–1, and the 1 Baron 1898 does win is the whole of its case.

Baron 1898 is a steel Dive Coaster coaster at Efteling, NL, built by Bolliger & Mabillard. Fury 325 is a steel Giga Coaster coaster at Carowinds, US, built by Bolliger & Mabillard.

They come from the same drawing office: Bolliger & Mabillard. That makes the gaps below a question of brief and budget rather than engineering house style.

Both are steel-track, so nothing here is the usual steel-versus-wood argument in disguise.

They are near-contemporaries — 2015 and 2015 — so they were competing for the same riders when they opened.

Stat by stat

• Height goes to Fury 325 at 325 ft against 98 ft — in another class entirely.
• Speed goes to Fury 325 at 95 mph against 56 mph — nearly double.
• Baron 1898 inverts 2 times against nothing at all from Fury 325 — the widest kind of gap there is on this stat.
• Throughput goes to Fury 325 at 1,470 rph against 1,000 rph — a long way clear.
• Build Cost goes to Fury 325 at 30 $m against 20 $m — a long way clear.
• Both opened in 2015, which makes Vintage a dead heat.