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CarsLore / Compare / Large cars / 5 Series vs Jumpy

BMW 5 Series vs Citroen Jumpy

Two large cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 3 like-for-like measures: the BMW 5 Series leads on 2, the Citroen Jumpy on 1.

Where each one leads

BMW 5 Series

  • New BMW 5 Series cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 108 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 113 for the Citroen Jumpy in 2022.
  • Measured by the cars' own fuel meters, the diesel BMW 5 Series uses 7.0 l/100 km on the road, the Citroen Jumpy 7.2.

Citroen Jumpy

  • Fewer Citroen Jumpy cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (2.7% against 4.8%).

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

BMW 5 SeriesCitroen Jumpy
Model years in the US safety record1985–2023—
New cars registered in Europe1,118,573 (2010–2022)68,563 (2010–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom199,283—
On the road in the Netherlands64,7002,784
In traffic in Finland34,822177

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

BMW 5 SeriesCitroen Jumpy
UK MOT first-time pass rate79%—
… against cars of the same age+10%—
Illogical odometer records (NL)4.8%2.7%
US owner complaints427—
Most complaints aboutAir bags—
Model year with most complaints2008 (105)—
US recall campaigns16—
Manufacturer service bulletins928—
NHTSA defect investigations8—

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

BMW 5 SeriesCitroen Jumpy
NHTSA overall rating5★ (2016)—

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

Fuel, emissions and price

BMW 5 SeriesCitroen Jumpy
Real-world use in Europe, diesel hybrid7.0 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid8.5 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol11.8 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, diesel7.0 l/100 km7.2 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe108 g/km113 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe164 kW (221 hp)93 kW (125 hp)
Average mass in running order1,918 kg1,896 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€70,710€49,578
Average odometer in Finland256,000 km209,000 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).