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CarsLore / Compare / Small cars / C4 Cactus vs Corsa

Citroen C4 Cactus vs Opel Corsa

Two small cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 2 like-for-like measures: the Citroen C4 Cactus leads on 1, the Opel Corsa on 1.

Where each one leads

Citroen C4 Cactus

  • Fewer Citroen C4 Cactus cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (1.8% against 3.0%).

Opel Corsa

  • New Opel Corsa cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 95 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 127 for the Citroen C4 Cactus in 2021.

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 C4 CactusOpel Corsa
New cars registered in Europe314,342 (2014–2021)2,069,679 (2010–2022)
On the road in the Netherlands17,687186,321
In traffic in Finland1,25313,485
Generations on record—6

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 C4 CactusOpel Corsa
UK MOT first-time pass rate76%—
… against cars of the same age−9%—
Illogical odometer records (NL)1.8%3.0%

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 C4 CactusOpel Corsa
Real-world use in Europe, petrol—6.1 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, diesel—4.9 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid—5.7 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe127 g/km95 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe79 kW (107 hp)71 kW (95 hp)
Average mass in running order1,162 kg1,200 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€23,901€18,204
Average odometer in Finland104,000 km121,000 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).