Where each one leads
Fiat 124 Spider
- Against cars of the same year, the Fiat 124 Spider comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 73% less often than average) than the Hyundai Veloster (fails 40% more often than average).
Hyundai Veloster
- Fewer Hyundai Veloster cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (5.1% against 12.2%).
- New Hyundai Veloster cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 134 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 154 for the Fiat 124 Spider in 2020.
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
| Fiat 124 Spider | Hyundai Veloster | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 2017–2020 | 2011–2022 |
| New cars registered in Europe | 16,264 (2010–2020) | 12,465 (2011–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | — | 2,288 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 793 | 491 |
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
| Fiat 124 Spider | Hyundai Veloster | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | — | 62% |
| … against cars of the same age | — | −7% |
| New York safety inspections failed | 0.4% | 3.0% |
| … against cars of the same year | −73% | +40% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 12.2% | 5.1% |
| US owner complaints | 66 | 1,295 |
| Most complaints about | Air bags | Engine |
| Model year with most complaints | 2017 (33) | 2013 (426) |
| US recall campaigns | 3 | 10 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 231 | 1,027 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | — | 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).
Safety
| Fiat 124 Spider | Hyundai Veloster | |
|---|---|---|
| NHTSA overall rating | — | 5★ (2017) |
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).
Fuel, emissions and price
| Fiat 124 Spider | Hyundai Veloster | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | 7.9 l/100 km (2020) | 7.8 l/100 km (2020) |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | 154 g/km | 134 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 103 kW (138 hp) | 146 kW (195 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | 1,125 kg | 1,240 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €41,033 | €30,505 |
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).