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CarsLore / Compare / Small SUVs / Captur vs Jimny

Renault Captur vs Suzuki Jimny

Two small SUVs, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 3 like-for-like measures: the Renault Captur leads on 2, the Suzuki Jimny on 1.

Where each one leads

Renault Captur

  • Fewer Renault Captur cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (2.2% against 4.2%).
  • New Renault Captur cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 116 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 175 for the Suzuki Jimny in 2022.

Suzuki Jimny

  • Against cars of the same age, the Suzuki Jimny comes out better at its first MOT test (passes 9% more often than average) than the Renault Captur (passes 1% less often than average).

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 CapturSuzuki Jimny
New cars registered in Europe1,766,631 (2013–2022)138,777 (2010–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom196,75820,509
On the road in the Netherlands116,3594,978
In traffic in Finland5,850270
Generations on record2—

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 CapturSuzuki Jimny
UK MOT first-time pass rate79%70%
… against cars of the same age−1%+9%
Illogical odometer records (NL)2.2%4.2%

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

Renault CapturSuzuki Jimny
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid6.3 l/100 km—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol7.1 l/100 km—
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe116 g/km175 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe78 kW (105 hp)73 kW (97 hp)
Average mass in running order1,378 kg1,160 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€30,200€21,169
Average odometer in Finland81,000 km158,000 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).