Colossus vs Vampire

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

Colossus takes it 4–1, and the 1 Vampire does win is the whole of its case.

Colossus is a steel 10-Inversion Coaster coaster at Thorpe Park, GB, built by Intamin. Vampire is a steel Suspended Swinging Coaster (Vekoma floorless trains since 2002) coaster at Chessington World of Adventures, GB, built by Arrow Dynamics.

Both are in GB, which puts them in the same conversation for anyone planning a trip there.

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

Stat by stat

• Height goes to Colossus at 98 ft against 69 ft — a long way clear.
• Speed splits them not at all: both read 45 mph.
• Colossus inverts 10 times against nothing at all from Vampire — the widest kind of gap there is on this stat.
• Throughput goes to Colossus at 1,300 rph against 720 rph — nearly double.
• Build Cost goes to Colossus at 20.3 $m against 9 $m — more than double.
• 12 years separate them, and because Vintage rewards age it is Vampire (1990) that banks the point, not Colossus (2002).