Where each one leads
Kia Carens
- Fewer Kia Carens cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (2.6% against 3.3%).
SEAT Altea
- Against cars of the same age, the SEAT Altea comes out better at its first MOT test (passes 4% less often than average) than the Kia Carens (passes 10% less often than average).
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 Carens | SEAT Altea | |
|---|---|---|
| New cars registered in Europe | 120,105 (2010–2020) | 139,955 (2010–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | 12,811 | 12,024 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 4,334 | 13,060 |
| In traffic in Finland | 1,251 | 1,307 |
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 Carens | SEAT Altea | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | 64% | 59% |
| … against cars of the same age | −10% | −4% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 2.6% | 3.3% |
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
| Kia Carens | SEAT Altea | |
|---|---|---|
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | — | 139 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 85 kW (114 hp) | 98 kW (131 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | 1,581 kg | 1,503 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €27,990 | €23,474 |
| Average odometer in Finland | 188,000 km | 264,000 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).