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CarsLore / Compare / Small cars / C1 vs Aygo

Citroen C1 vs Toyota Aygo

Two small cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 4 like-for-like measures: the Citroen C1 leads on 1, the Toyota Aygo on 1, 2 too close to call.

Where each one leads

Citroen C1

  • Measured by the cars' own fuel meters, the petrol Citroen C1 uses 5.3 l/100 km on the road, the Toyota Aygo 5.5.

Toyota Aygo

  • Fewer Toyota Aygo cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (2.7% against 3.1%).

Too close to call: MOT pass rate against cars of the same age; official CO₂ of new cars in Europe (g/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

Citroen C1Toyota Aygo
New cars registered in Europe684,424 (2010–2022)1,024,126 (2010–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom156,745306,571
On the road in the Netherlands113,806197,622
In traffic in Finland1,3065,073

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

Citroen C1Toyota Aygo
UK MOT first-time pass rate71%76%
… against cars of the same age+2%+5%
Illogical odometer records (NL)3.1%2.7%

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

Citroen C1Toyota Aygo
Real-world use in Europe, petrol5.3 l/100 km5.5 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe109 g/km112 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe53 kW (71 hp)53 kW (71 hp)
Average mass in running order919 kg1,022 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€12,010€13,255
Average odometer in Finland132,000 km131,000 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).