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CarsLore / Compare / Sports cars / S1 vs C30

Audi S1 vs Volvo C30

Two sports cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. Side by side from official registers: recalls, complaints and registrations.

At a glance

Audi S1Volvo C30
Model years in the US safety record—2007–2014
New cars registered in Europe9,682 (2010–2020)50,101 (2010–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom2,71919,334
On the road in the Netherlands1318,166
In traffic in Finland—1,747

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 S1Volvo C30
UK MOT first-time pass rate—59%
… against cars of the same age—−3%
New York safety inspections failed—2.9%
… against cars of the same year—+16%
Illogical odometer records (NL)—2.8%
US owner complaints—49
Most complaints about—Visibility/wiper
Model year with most complaints—2011 (14)
US recall campaigns—4
Manufacturer service bulletins—1,401

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).

Fuel, emissions and price

Audi S1Volvo C30
Official combined fuel use, Canada—9.9 l/100 km (2013)
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe—156 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe170 kW (228 hp)—
Average mass in running order1,415 kg1,437 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€47,707€25,454
Average odometer in Finland—222,000 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).