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CarsLore / Compare / Small cars / Corsa vs Yaris

Opel Corsa vs Toyota Yaris

Two small cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 4 like-for-like measures: the Opel Corsa leads on 1, the Toyota Yaris on 2, 1 too close to call.

Where each one leads

Opel Corsa

  • New Opel Corsa cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 95 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 103 for the Toyota Yaris in 2022.

Toyota Yaris

  • Fewer Toyota Yaris cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (2.6% against 3.0%).
  • Measured by the cars' own fuel meters, the petrol hybrid Toyota Yaris uses 4.5 l/100 km on the road, the Opel Corsa 5.7.

Too close to call: real-world fuel use in Europe, petrol (l/100 km).

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

Opel CorsaToyota Yaris
Model years in the US safety record—2001–2023
New cars registered in Europe2,069,679 (2010–2022)2,365,588 (2010–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom—585,005
On the road in the Netherlands186,321256,323
In traffic in Finland13,48582,065
Generations on record6—

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

Opel CorsaToyota Yaris
UK MOT first-time pass rate—72%
… against cars of the same age—+4%
New York safety inspections failed—2.8%
… against cars of the same year—+19%
Illogical odometer records (NL)3.0%2.6%
US owner complaints—810
Most complaints about—Air bags
Model year with most complaints—2007 (258)
US recall campaigns—23
Manufacturer service bulletins—2,571
NHTSA defect investigations—13

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

Opel CorsaToyota Yaris
NHTSA overall rating—5★ (2020)

NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).

Fuel, emissions and price

Opel CorsaToyota Yaris
Official combined fuel use, Canada—6.6 l/100 km (2020)
Real-world use in Europe, petrol6.1 l/100 km6.0 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, diesel4.9 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid5.7 l/100 km4.5 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe95 g/km103 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe71 kW (95 hp)69 kW (93 hp)
Average mass in running order1,200 kg1,206 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€18,204€19,569
Average odometer in Finland121,000 km137,000 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).