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CarsLore / Compare / Small cars / Panda vs Ignis

Fiat Panda vs Suzuki Ignis

Two small cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 5 like-for-like measures: the Fiat Panda leads on 1, the Suzuki Ignis on 4.

Where each one leads

Fiat Panda

  • New Fiat Panda cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 114 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 117 for the Suzuki Ignis in 2022.

Suzuki Ignis

  • Against cars of the same age, the Suzuki Ignis comes out better at its first MOT test (passes 2% more often than average) than the Fiat Panda (passes 1% less often than average).
  • Fewer Suzuki Ignis cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (1.6% against 2.4%).
  • Measured by the cars' own fuel meters, the petrol hybrid Suzuki Ignis uses 5.3 l/100 km on the road, the Fiat Panda 6.1.
  • Measured by the cars' own fuel meters, the petrol Suzuki Ignis uses 5.1 l/100 km on the road, the Fiat Panda 7.1.

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

Fiat PandaSuzuki Ignis
New cars registered in Europe2,218,318 (2010–2022)212,400 (2010–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom81,01435,673
On the road in the Netherlands85,83129,006
In traffic in Finland718467

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 PandaSuzuki Ignis
UK MOT first-time pass rate66%79%
… against cars of the same age−1%+2%
Illogical odometer records (NL)2.4%1.6%

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 PandaSuzuki Ignis
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid6.1 l/100 km5.3 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, petrol7.1 l/100 km5.1 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe114 g/km117 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe52 kW (70 hp)61 kW (82 hp)
Average mass in running order1,066 kg965 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€13,233€18,442
Average odometer in Finland155,000 km137,000 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).