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CarsLore / Compare / Large cars / A4 Avant vs 300

Audi A4 Avant vs Chrysler 300

Two large cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 2 like-for-like measures: the Audi A4 Avant leads on 1, the Chrysler 300 on 0, 1 too close to call.

Where each one leads

Audi A4 Avant

  • On Canada's official test the most frugal 2012 Audi A4 Avant uses 10.0 l/100 km, the 2023 Chrysler 300 10.3.

Chrysler 300

Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.

Too close to call: NHTSA overall safety rating.

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

Audi A4 AvantChrysler 300
Model years in the US safety record2008–20122003–2023
New cars registered in Europe693,328 (2010–2022)—
Licensed in the United Kingdom—149
On the road in the Netherlands22,328—
In traffic in Finland9,635—

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

Audi A4 AvantChrysler 300
New York safety inspections failed—2.2%
… against cars of the same year—+5%
Illogical odometer records (NL)2.4%—
US owner complaints604,927
Most complaints aboutEngineElectrical system
Model year with most complaints2011 (32)2006 (1,002)
US recall campaigns—37
Manufacturer service bulletins1,2443,536
NHTSA defect investigations—21

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Safety

Audi A4 AvantChrysler 300
NHTSA overall rating4★ (2012)4★ (2023)

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).

Fuel, emissions and price

Audi A4 AvantChrysler 300
Official combined fuel use, Canada10.0 l/100 km (2012)10.3 l/100 km (2023)
Real-world use in Europe, diesel hybrid6.2 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid7.8 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol7.4 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, diesel6.3 l/100 km—
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe143 g/km—
Average power of new cars in Europe131 kW (175 hp)—
Average mass in running order1,631 kg—
Dutch list price when new (median)€53,468—
Average odometer in Finland194,000 km—

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).