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CarsLore / Compare / Small SUVs / 7 Crossback vs Qashqai

DS 7 Crossback vs Nissan Qashqai

Two small SUVs, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 3 like-for-like measures: the DS 7 Crossback leads on 1, the Nissan Qashqai on 2.

Where each one leads

DS 7 Crossback

  • New DS 7 Crossback cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 82 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 144 for the Nissan Qashqai in 2022.

Nissan Qashqai

  • Fewer Nissan Qashqai cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (2.2% against 3.1%).
  • Measured by the cars' own fuel meters, the petrol Nissan Qashqai uses 7.5 l/100 km on the road, the DS 7 Crossback 8.1.

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

DS 7 CrossbackNissan Qashqai
New cars registered in Europe106,350 (2017–2022)2,286,966 (2010–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom—693,682
On the road in the Netherlands1,941107,650
In traffic in Finland24252,930

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

DS 7 CrossbackNissan Qashqai
UK MOT first-time pass rate—71%
… against cars of the same age—−5%
Illogical odometer records (NL)3.1%2.2%

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

DS 7 CrossbackNissan Qashqai
Official combined fuel use, Canada—8.2 l/100 km (2023)
Real-world use in Europe, diesel6.2 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol8.1 l/100 km7.5 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid—7.2 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe82 g/km144 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe125 kW (168 hp)110 kW (148 hp)
Average mass in running order1,730 kg1,447 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€59,763€33,140
Average odometer in Finland76,000 km147,000 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).