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CarsLore / Compare / Small SUVs / C-Max vs Captur

Ford C-Max vs Renault Captur

Two small SUVs, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 3 like-for-like measures: the Ford C-Max leads on 1, the Renault Captur on 1, 1 too close to call.

Where each one leads

Ford C-Max

  • New Ford C-Max cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 105 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 116 for the Renault Captur in 2022.

Renault Captur

  • Fewer Renault Captur cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (2.2% against 2.9%).

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

Ford C-MaxRenault Captur
Model years in the US safety record2008–2018—
New cars registered in Europe595,442 (2010–2022)1,766,631 (2013–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom102,686196,758
On the road in the Netherlands23,672116,359
In traffic in Finland2,9725,850
Generations on record—2

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

Ford C-MaxRenault Captur
UK MOT first-time pass rate70%79%
… against cars of the same age+2%−1%
New York safety inspections failed3.3%—
… against cars of the same year+54%—
Illogical odometer records (NL)2.9%2.2%
US owner complaints372—
Most complaints aboutElectrical system—
Model year with most complaints2013 (187)—
US recall campaigns12—
Manufacturer service bulletins575—
NHTSA defect investigations7—

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

Ford C-MaxRenault Captur
Official combined fuel use, Canada5.9 l/100 km (2018)—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid—6.3 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, petrol—7.1 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe105 g/km116 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe—78 kW (105 hp)
Average mass in running order1,403 kg1,378 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€29,420€30,200
Average odometer in Finland180,000 km81,000 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).