Where each one leads
SEAT Alhambra
- Fewer SEAT Alhambra cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (5.2% against 5.9%).
Volkswagen Touran
- New Volkswagen Touran cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 145 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 193 for the SEAT Alhambra in 2022.
- Measured by the cars' own fuel meters, the petrol Volkswagen Touran uses 7.4 l/100 km on the road, the SEAT Alhambra 8.5.
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
| SEAT Alhambra | Volkswagen Touran | |
|---|---|---|
| New cars registered in Europe | 213,985 (2010–2022) | 1,004,105 (2010–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | 24,249 | 64,893 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 2,685 | 30,195 |
| In traffic in Finland | 767 | 8,599 |
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
| SEAT Alhambra | Volkswagen Touran | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | 74% | 67% |
| … against cars of the same age | −1% | average |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 5.2% | 5.9% |
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
| SEAT Alhambra | Volkswagen Touran | |
|---|---|---|
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol | 8.5 l/100 km | 7.4 l/100 km |
| Real-world use in Europe, diesel | — | 6.2 l/100 km |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | 193 g/km | 145 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 110 kW (148 hp) | 107 kW (144 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | 1,800 kg | 1,600 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €46,389 | €37,915 |
| Average odometer in Finland | 266,000 km | 233,000 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).