Where each one leads
Renault Scénic
- Fewer Renault Scénic cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (2.0% against 3.3%).
SEAT Altea
- Against cars of the same age, the SEAT Altea comes out better at its first MOT test (passes 4% less often than average) than the Renault Scénic (passes 12% less often than average).
- New SEAT Altea cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 139 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 149 for the Renault Scénic in 2022.
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 Scénic | SEAT Altea | |
|---|---|---|
| New cars registered in Europe | 373,971 (2010–2022) | 139,955 (2010–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | 38,690 | 12,024 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 19,313 | 13,060 |
| In traffic in Finland | 580 | 1,307 |
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 Scénic | SEAT Altea | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | 56% | 59% |
| … against cars of the same age | −12% | −4% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 2.0% | 3.3% |
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 Scénic | SEAT Altea | |
|---|---|---|
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol | 7.9 l/100 km | — |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | 149 g/km | 139 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 106 kW (142 hp) | 98 kW (131 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | 1,557 kg | 1,503 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €38,840 | €23,474 |
| Average odometer in Finland | 124,000 km | 264,000 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).