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CarsLore / Compare / Small cars / Twingo vs Ignis

Renault Twingo vs Suzuki Ignis

Two small cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 4 like-for-like measures: the Renault Twingo leads on 1, the Suzuki Ignis on 3.

Where each one leads

Renault Twingo

  • New Renault Twingo cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 44 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 117 for the Suzuki Ignis in 2022.

Suzuki Ignis

  • Against cars of the same age, the Suzuki Ignis comes out better at its first MOT test (passes 2% more often than average) than the Renault Twingo (passes 7% less often than average).
  • Fewer Suzuki Ignis cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (1.6% against 3.1%).
  • Measured by the cars' own fuel meters, the petrol Suzuki Ignis uses 5.1 l/100 km on the road, the Renault Twingo 6.2.

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 TwingoSuzuki Ignis
New cars registered in Europe1,139,855 (2010–2022)212,400 (2010–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom22,42435,673
On the road in the Netherlands105,81329,006
In traffic in Finland1,320467

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 TwingoSuzuki Ignis
UK MOT first-time pass rate64%79%
… against cars of the same age−7%+2%
Illogical odometer records (NL)3.1%1.6%

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 TwingoSuzuki Ignis
Real-world use in Europe, petrol6.2 l/100 km5.1 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid—5.3 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe44 g/km117 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe44 kW (59 hp)61 kW (82 hp)
Average mass in running order1,125 kg965 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€12,595€18,442
Average odometer in Finland137,000 km137,000 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).