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Honda HR-V vs Volkswagen T-Roc

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 Honda HR-V leads on 1, the Volkswagen T-Roc on 1, 1 too close to call.

Where each one leads

Honda HR-V

  • New Honda HR-V cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 122 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 143 for the Volkswagen T-Roc in 2022.

Volkswagen T-Roc

  • Fewer Volkswagen T-Roc cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (1.3% against 1.7%).

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

Honda HR-VVolkswagen T-Roc
Model years in the US safety record2016–2027—
New cars registered in Europe145,638 (2010–2022)821,733 (2017–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom58,706164,903
On the road in the Netherlands5,86258,020
In traffic in Finland3,3827,268

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

Honda HR-VVolkswagen T-Roc
UK MOT first-time pass rate88%91%
… against cars of the same age+9%+6%
New York safety inspections failed0.7%—
… against cars of the same year−33%—
Illogical odometer records (NL)1.7%1.3%
US owner complaints1,869—
Most complaints aboutUnknown or other—
Model year with most complaints2023 (687)—
US recall campaigns13—
Manufacturer service bulletins551—
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).

Safety

Honda HR-VVolkswagen T-Roc
NHTSA overall rating5★ (2027)—

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

Fuel, emissions and price

Honda HR-VVolkswagen T-Roc
Official combined fuel use, Canada8.3 l/100 km (2026)—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid5.4 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol—7.1 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, diesel—6.0 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe122 g/km143 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe80 kW (107 hp)103 kW (138 hp)
Average mass in running order1,453 kg1,375 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€35,015€40,652
Average odometer in Finland164,000 km82,000 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).