Where each one leads
Fiat Doblò
- Against cars of the same age, the Fiat Doblò comes out better at its first MOT test (passes 8% less often than average) than the Mercedes-Benz Citan (passes 21% less often than average).
- Fewer Fiat Doblò cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (4.8% against 7.9%).
Mercedes-Benz Citan
- New Mercedes-Benz Citan cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 147 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 164 for the Fiat Doblò in 2022.
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 Doblò | Mercedes-Benz Citan | |
|---|---|---|
| New cars registered in Europe | 79,518 (2010–2022) | 47,141 (2012–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | 10,386 | 915 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 2,986 | 891 |
| In traffic in Finland | — | 168 |
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 Doblò | Mercedes-Benz Citan | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | 64% | 63% |
| … against cars of the same age | −8% | −21% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 4.8% | 7.9% |
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
| Fiat Doblò | Mercedes-Benz Citan | |
|---|---|---|
| Real-world use in Europe, diesel | — | 6.4 l/100 km |
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol | — | 8.2 l/100 km |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | 164 g/km | 147 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 88 kW (118 hp) | 80 kW (108 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | 1,714 kg | 1,644 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €21,242 | €33,975 |
| Average odometer in Finland | — | 163,000 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).