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CarsLore / Compare / Small cars / 500e vs Mazda2

Fiat 500e vs Mazda Mazda2

Two small cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. Side by side from official registers: recalls, complaints and registrations.

At a glance

Fiat 500eMazda Mazda2
Model years in the US safety record2013–20252011–2021
New cars registered in Europe—366,129 (2010–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom—140,398
On the road in the Netherlands1,26642,560
In traffic in Finland1014,070

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 500eMazda Mazda2
UK MOT first-time pass rate—70%
… against cars of the same age—+1%
New York safety inspections failed1.2%—
… against cars of the same year−16%—
Illogical odometer records (NL)—1.4%
US owner complaints5248
Most complaints aboutElectrical systemSteering
Model year with most complaints2013 (16)2011 (17)
US recall campaigns64
Manufacturer service bulletins4361,442
NHTSA defect investigations54

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 500eMazda Mazda2
NHTSA overall rating—5★ (2021)

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).

Fuel, emissions and price

Fiat 500eMazda Mazda2
Official combined fuel use, Canada—7.4 l/100 km (2014)
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid—5.6 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, petrol—6.0 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe—103 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe—66 kW (89 hp)
Average mass in running order—1,136 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€33,489€18,044
Average odometer in Finland71,000 km134,000 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).