Where each one leads
Nissan Qashqai
- Fewer Nissan Qashqai cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (2.2% against 2.8%).
- Measured by the cars' own fuel meters, the petrol Nissan Qashqai uses 7.5 l/100 km on the road, the Renault Kadjar 7.6.
Renault Kadjar
- New Renault Kadjar cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 140 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 144 for the Nissan Qashqai in 2022.
Too close to call: MOT pass rate against cars of the same age.
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
| Nissan Qashqai | Renault Kadjar | |
|---|---|---|
| New cars registered in Europe | 2,286,966 (2010–2022) | 611,961 (2015–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | 693,682 | 67,999 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 107,650 | 17,239 |
| In traffic in Finland | 52,930 | 2,902 |
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
| Nissan Qashqai | Renault Kadjar | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | 71% | 80% |
| … against cars of the same age | −5% | −3% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 2.2% | 2.8% |
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
| Nissan Qashqai | Renault Kadjar | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | 8.2 l/100 km (2023) | — |
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid | 7.2 l/100 km | — |
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol | 7.5 l/100 km | 7.6 l/100 km |
| Real-world use in Europe, diesel | — | 5.9 l/100 km |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | 144 g/km | 140 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 110 kW (148 hp) | 99 kW (132 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | 1,447 kg | 1,471 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €33,140 | €35,640 |
| Average odometer in Finland | 147,000 km | 117,000 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).