Where each one leads
Kia Picanto
- Against cars of the same age, the Kia Picanto comes out better at its first MOT test (passes 1% less often than average) than the Suzuki Baleno (passes 5% less often than average).
- Fewer Kia Picanto cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (1.7% against 1.9%).
- New Kia Picanto cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 116 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 122 for the Suzuki Baleno in 2020.
Suzuki Baleno
Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.
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 Picanto | Suzuki Baleno | |
|---|---|---|
| New cars registered in Europe | 698,495 (2010–2022) | 64,869 (2015–2020) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | 220,087 | 6,497 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 169,992 | 4,054 |
| In traffic in Finland | 5,600 | 106 |
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 Picanto | Suzuki Baleno | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | 71% | 78% |
| … against cars of the same age | −1% | −5% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 1.7% | 1.9% |
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 Picanto | Suzuki Baleno | |
|---|---|---|
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol | 5.7 l/100 km | — |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | 116 g/km | 122 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 53 kW (71 hp) | 67 kW (90 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | 982 kg | 947 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €12,520 | €19,193 |
| Average odometer in Finland | 94,000 km | 207,000 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).