Where each one leads
Renault Captur
- New Renault Captur cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 116 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 126 for the SEAT Arona in 2022.
SEAT Arona
- Fewer SEAT Arona cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (1.3% against 2.2%).
- Measured by the cars' own fuel meters, the petrol SEAT Arona uses 6.4 l/100 km on the road, the Renault Captur 7.1.
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
| Renault Captur | SEAT Arona | |
|---|---|---|
| New cars registered in Europe | 1,766,631 (2013–2022) | 401,691 (2017–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | 196,758 | 81,753 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 116,359 | 17,819 |
| In traffic in Finland | 5,850 | 1,798 |
| 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
| Renault Captur | SEAT Arona | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | 79% | 86% |
| … against cars of the same age | −1% | average |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 2.2% | 1.3% |
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
| Renault Captur | SEAT Arona | |
|---|---|---|
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid | 6.3 l/100 km | — |
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol | 7.1 l/100 km | 6.4 l/100 km |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | 116 g/km | 126 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 78 kW (105 hp) | 80 kW (107 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | 1,378 kg | 1,231 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €30,200 | €28,458 |
| Average odometer in Finland | 81,000 km | 83,000 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).