Where each one leads
Ford Transit Connect
- Against cars of the same age, the Ford Transit Connect comes out better at its first MOT test (passes 11% less often than average) than the Nissan NV200 (passes 22% less often than average).
- Against cars of the same year, the Ford Transit Connect comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 118% more often than average) than the Nissan NV200 (fails 613% more often than average).
- On Canada's official test the most frugal 2023 Ford Transit Connect uses 9.2 l/100 km, the 2021 Nissan NV200 9.5.
Nissan NV200
- New Nissan NV200 cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 0 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 151 for the Ford Transit Connect 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
| Ford Transit Connect | Nissan NV200 | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 2010–2024 | 2013–2021 |
| New cars registered in Europe | 11,452 (2010–2022) | 47,283 (2010–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | 138 | 3,173 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | — | 560 |
| In traffic in Finland | — | 146 |
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 Transit Connect | Nissan NV200 | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | 64% | 57% |
| … against cars of the same age | −11% | −22% |
| New York safety inspections failed | 3.5% | 13.0% |
| … against cars of the same year | +118% | +613% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | — | 9.9% |
| US owner complaints | 572 | 35 |
| Most complaints about | Power train | Air bags |
| Model year with most complaints | 2014 (127) | 2016 (7) |
| US recall campaigns | 32 | 1 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 722 | 630 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | 6 | 8 |
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 Transit Connect | Nissan NV200 | |
|---|---|---|
| NHTSA overall rating | 4★ (2021) | — |
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).
Fuel, emissions and price
| Ford Transit Connect | Nissan NV200 | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | 9.2 l/100 km (2023) | 9.5 l/100 km (2021) |
| Real-world use in Europe, diesel | 6.4 l/100 km | — |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | 151 g/km | 0 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 79 kW (106 hp) | 80 kW (107 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | 1,718 kg | 1,667 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | — | €27,574 |
| Average odometer in Finland | — | 213,000 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).