Where each one leads
Peugeot 208
- New Peugeot 208 cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 91 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 125 for the Škoda Scala in 2022.
Škoda Scala
- Against cars of the same age, the Škoda Scala comes out better at its first MOT test (passes 2% more often than average) than the Peugeot 208 (passes 4% less often than average).
- Fewer Škoda Scala cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (0.7% against 1.8%).
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
| Peugeot 208 | Škoda Scala | |
|---|---|---|
| New cars registered in Europe | 2,400,723 (2011–2022) | 152,098 (2019–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | 263,505 | 21,322 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 113,257 | 8,319 |
| In traffic in Finland | 7,028 | 3,451 |
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
| Peugeot 208 | Škoda Scala | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | 73% | 89% |
| … against cars of the same age | −4% | +2% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 1.8% | 0.7% |
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
| Peugeot 208 | Škoda Scala | |
|---|---|---|
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol | 6.2 l/100 km | 6.4 l/100 km |
| Real-world use in Europe, diesel | 4.8 l/100 km | — |
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid | 5.8 l/100 km | — |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | 91 g/km | 125 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 73 kW (98 hp) | 87 kW (116 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | 1,220 kg | 1,246 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €20,741 | €29,631 |
| Average odometer in Finland | 89,000 km | 76,000 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).