Where each one leads
Chevrolet Corvette
- Against cars of the same year, the Chevrolet Corvette comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 73% less often than average) than the Jaguar XK (fails 61% less often than average).
Jaguar XK
Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.
Too close to call: official combined fuel use, Canada (l/100 km).
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 Corvette | Jaguar XK | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 1981–2025 | 1997–2020 |
| New cars registered in Europe | 4,285 (2010–2022) | 3,977 (2010–2019) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | 342 | 16,926 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 3,536 | 603 |
| In traffic in Finland | 1,400 | 124 |
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 Corvette | Jaguar XK | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | — | 81% |
| … against cars of the same age | — | +31% |
| New York safety inspections failed | 0.4% | 0.9% |
| … against cars of the same year | −73% | −61% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 81.6% | — |
| US owner complaints | 5,148 | 46 |
| Most complaints about | Steering | Vehicle speed control |
| Model year with most complaints | 2008 (541) | 2007 (15) |
| US recall campaigns | 44 | 10 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 23,500 | 3,482 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | 69 | — |
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
| Chevrolet Corvette | Jaguar XK | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | 12.5 l/100 km (2026) | 12.6 l/100 km (2014) |
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol | 14.4 l/100 km | — |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | 277 g/km | — |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 354 kW (475 hp) | 283 kW (380 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | 1,749 kg | 1,719 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €111,709 | €136,240 |
| Average odometer in Finland | 98,000 km | 115,000 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).