Where each one leads
Opel Zafira
- Fewer Opel Zafira cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (4.1% against 5.2%).
- New Opel Zafira cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 139 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 193 for the SEAT Alhambra in 2022.
SEAT Alhambra
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
| Opel Zafira | SEAT Alhambra | |
|---|---|---|
| New cars registered in Europe | 353,056 (2010–2022) | 213,985 (2010–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | — | 24,249 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 31,606 | 2,685 |
| In traffic in Finland | 3,083 | 767 |
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 Zafira | SEAT Alhambra | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | — | 74% |
| … against cars of the same age | — | −1% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 4.1% | 5.2% |
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
| Opel Zafira | SEAT Alhambra | |
|---|---|---|
| Real-world use in Europe, diesel | 7.3 l/100 km | — |
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol | — | 8.5 l/100 km |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | 139 g/km | 193 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 105 kW (141 hp) | 110 kW (148 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | 1,924 kg | 1,800 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €33,485 | €46,389 |
| Average odometer in Finland | 256,000 km | 266,000 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).