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CarsLore / Compare / Small SUVs / Venga vs Captur

Kia Venga vs Renault Captur

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 Kia Venga leads on 0, the Renault Captur on 1, 2 too close to call.

Where each one leads

Kia Venga

Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.

Renault Captur

  • New Renault Captur cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 116 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 172 for the Kia Venga in 2020.

Too close to call: MOT pass rate against cars of the same age; dutch odometer readings judged illogical.

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 VengaRenault Captur
New cars registered in Europe263,852 (2010–2020)1,766,631 (2013–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom45,805196,758
On the road in the Netherlands18,434116,359
In traffic in Finland3,7995,850
Generations on record—2

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 VengaRenault Captur
UK MOT first-time pass rate74%79%
… against cars of the same ageaverage−1%
Illogical odometer records (NL)2.1%2.2%

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 VengaRenault Captur
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid—6.3 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, petrol—7.1 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe172 g/km116 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe91 kW (123 hp)78 kW (105 hp)
Average mass in running order1,272 kg1,378 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€20,890€30,200
Average odometer in Finland131,000 km81,000 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).