Where each one leads

Hyundai ix20

• Against cars of the same age, the Hyundai ix20 comes out better at its first MOT test (passes 1% less often than average) than the Peugeot 2008 (passes 6% less often than average).

Peugeot 2008

• Fewer Peugeot 2008 cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (1.7% against 2.7%).

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

	Hyundai ix20	Peugeot 2008
New cars registered in Europe	302,511 (2010–2021)	1,486,818 (2013–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom	29,207	204,553
On the road in the Netherlands	16,768	78,457
In traffic in Finland	816	6,646

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

	Hyundai ix20	Peugeot 2008
UK MOT first-time pass rate	73%	75%
… against cars of the same age	−1%	−6%
Illogical odometer records (NL)	2.7%	1.7%

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

	Hyundai ix20	Peugeot 2008
Real-world use in Europe, petrol	—	6.8 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, diesel	—	5.3 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid	—	6.1 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe	—	103 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe	66 kW (89 hp)	89 kW (120 hp)
Average mass in running order	1,345 kg	1,346 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)	€22,080	€32,921
Average odometer in Finland	143,000 km	82,000 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).