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CarsLore / Compare / Small SUVs / Kuga vs C-HR

Ford Kuga vs Toyota C-HR

Two small SUVs, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 4 like-for-like measures: the Ford Kuga leads on 1, the Toyota C-HR on 1, 2 too close to call.

Where each one leads

Ford Kuga

  • New Ford Kuga cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 84 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 113 for the Toyota C-HR in 2022.

Toyota C-HR

  • Measured by the cars' own fuel meters, the petrol hybrid Toyota C-HR uses 5.4 l/100 km on the road, the Ford Kuga 6.2.

Too close to call: MOT pass rate against cars of the same age; dutch odometer readings judged illogical.

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 KugaToyota C-HR
Model years in the US safety record—2017–2026
New cars registered in Europe1,252,947 (2010–2022)636,184 (2016–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom376,999142,448
On the road in the Netherlands58,60845,376
In traffic in Finland9,88917,699

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 KugaToyota C-HR
UK MOT first-time pass rate80%86%
… against cars of the same age+3%+2%
New York safety inspections failed—1.5%
… against cars of the same year—+14%
Illogical odometer records (NL)1.8%1.8%
US owner complaints—552
Most complaints about—Power train
Model year with most complaints—2018 (326)
US recall campaigns—6
Manufacturer service bulletins—587

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

Ford KugaToyota C-HR
NHTSA overall rating—4★ (2022)

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

Fuel, emissions and price

Ford KugaToyota C-HR
Official combined fuel use, Canada—8.2 l/100 km (2022)
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid6.2 l/100 km5.4 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, diesel6.1 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol7.6 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, diesel hybrid6.1 l/100 km—
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe84 g/km113 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe110 kW (147 hp)84 kW (113 hp)
Average mass in running order1,745 kg1,516 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€43,896€36,529
Average odometer in Finland142,000 km90,000 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).