Where each one leads
Smart Forfour
- New Smart Forfour cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 48 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 103 for the Toyota Yaris in 2022.
Toyota Yaris
- Against cars of the same age, the Toyota Yaris comes out better at its first MOT test (passes 4% more often than average) than the Smart Forfour (passes as often as average).
Too close to call: dutch odometer readings judged illogical.
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
| Smart Forfour | Toyota Yaris | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | — | 2001–2023 |
| New cars registered in Europe | 177,568 (2010–2022) | 2,365,588 (2010–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | 23,874 | 585,005 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 5,175 | 256,323 |
| In traffic in Finland | 480 | 82,065 |
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
| Smart Forfour | Toyota Yaris | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | 56% | 72% |
| … against cars of the same age | average | +4% |
| New York safety inspections failed | — | 2.8% |
| … against cars of the same year | — | +19% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 2.8% | 2.6% |
| US owner complaints | — | 810 |
| Most complaints about | — | Air bags |
| Model year with most complaints | — | 2007 (258) |
| US recall campaigns | — | 23 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | — | 2,571 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | — | 13 |
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).
Safety
| Smart Forfour | Toyota Yaris | |
|---|---|---|
| NHTSA overall rating | — | 5★ (2020) |
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).
Fuel, emissions and price
| Smart Forfour | Toyota Yaris | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | — | 6.6 l/100 km (2020) |
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid | — | 4.5 l/100 km |
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol | — | 6.0 l/100 km |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | 48 g/km | 103 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 45 kW (60 hp) | 69 kW (93 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | 1,148 kg | 1,206 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €15,714 | €19,569 |
| Average odometer in Finland | 173,000 km | 137,000 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).