Where each one leads
Kia Cadenza
- Against cars of the same year, the Kia Cadenza comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 6% more often than average) than the Toyota Camry (fails 50% more often than average).
Toyota Camry
- On Canada's official test the most frugal 2026 Toyota Camry uses 5.0 l/100 km, the 2019 Kia Cadenza 10.2.
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
| Kia Cadenza | Toyota Camry | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 2014–2021 | 1983–2024 |
| New cars registered in Europe | — | 30,656 (2010–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | — | 1,484 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | — | 1,036 |
| In traffic in Finland | — | 2,868 |
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
| Kia Cadenza | Toyota Camry | |
|---|---|---|
| New York safety inspections failed | 2.1% | 2.7% |
| … against cars of the same year | +6% | +50% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | — | 4.9% |
| US owner complaints | 218 | 18,205 |
| Most complaints about | Engine | Vehicle speed control |
| Model year with most complaints | 2014 (111) | 2007 (2,888) |
| US recall campaigns | 6 | 59 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 472 | 7,459 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | 8 | 89 |
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
| Kia Cadenza | Toyota Camry | |
|---|---|---|
| NHTSA overall rating | — | 5★ (2024) |
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).
Fuel, emissions and price
| Kia Cadenza | Toyota Camry | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | 10.2 l/100 km (2019) | 5.0 l/100 km (2026) |
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid | — | 5.7 l/100 km |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | — | 124 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | — | 131 kW (176 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | — | 1,677 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | — | €47,809 |
| Average odometer in Finland | — | 172,000 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).