Where each one leads
Chevrolet Caprice
- Against cars of the same year, the Chevrolet Caprice comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 34% less often than average) than the Ford Taurus (fails 11% more often than average).
Ford Taurus
- On Canada's official test the most frugal 2019 Ford Taurus uses 11.5 l/100 km, the 1996 Chevrolet Caprice 12.7.
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
| Chevrolet Caprice | Ford Taurus | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 1981–2018 | 1981–2019 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 926 | — |
| Generations on record | — | 5 |
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
| Chevrolet Caprice | Ford Taurus | |
|---|---|---|
| New York safety inspections failed | 0.9% | 2.4% |
| … against cars of the same year | −34% | +11% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 57.3% | — |
| US owner complaints | 705 | 18,169 |
| Most complaints about | Service brakes, hydraulic | Suspension |
| Model year with most complaints | 1994 (146) | 1993 (1,557) |
| US recall campaigns | 29 | 69 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 7,907 | 2,984 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | 39 | 188 |
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
| Chevrolet Caprice | Ford Taurus | |
|---|---|---|
| NHTSA overall rating | — | 5★ (2019) |
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).
Fuel, emissions and price
| Chevrolet Caprice | Ford Taurus | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | 12.7 l/100 km (1996) | 11.5 l/100 km (2019) |
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).