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CarsLore / Compare / Small SUVs / 500L vs Juke

Fiat 500L vs Nissan Juke

Two small SUVs, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 6 like-for-like measures: the Fiat 500L leads on 1, the Nissan Juke on 4, 1 too close to call.

Where each one leads

Fiat 500L

  • Fewer Fiat 500L cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (2.5% against 2.9%).

Nissan Juke

  • Against cars of the same year, the Nissan Juke comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 12% more often than average) than the Fiat 500L (fails 40% more often than average).
  • On Canada's official test the most frugal 2017 Nissan Juke uses 8.0 l/100 km, the 2020 Fiat 500L 9.4.
  • New Nissan Juke cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 133 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 149 for the Fiat 500L in 2022.
  • Measured by the cars' own fuel meters, the petrol Nissan Juke uses 7.2 l/100 km on the road, the Fiat 500L 7.7.

Too close to call: MOT pass rate against cars of the same age.

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 500LNissan Juke
Model years in the US safety record2014–20172011–2017
New cars registered in Europe537,381 (2011–2022)953,718 (2010–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom16,946412,852
On the road in the Netherlands5,85322,957
In traffic in Finland1975,268

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 500LNissan Juke
UK MOT first-time pass rate66%71%
… against cars of the same age−8%−6%
New York safety inspections failed3.1%2.6%
… against cars of the same year+40%+12%
Illogical odometer records (NL)2.5%2.9%
US owner complaints209478
Most complaints aboutPower trainEngine
Model year with most complaints2014 (183)2011 (153)
US recall campaigns47
Manufacturer service bulletins231805

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 500LNissan Juke
NHTSA overall rating—4★ (2016)

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

Fuel, emissions and price

Fiat 500LNissan Juke
Official combined fuel use, Canada9.4 l/100 km (2020)8.0 l/100 km (2017)
Real-world use in Europe, petrol7.7 l/100 km7.2 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, diesel5.6 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid—6.1 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe149 g/km133 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe70 kW (94 hp)82 kW (110 hp)
Average mass in running order1,409 kg1,293 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€25,085€27,091
Average odometer in Finland144,000 km138,000 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).