New Ka vs rivals - specifications

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On the road price/total as tested "£9,500/£9,710" "£9,295/£10,005" "£7,168/£8,328" "£8,122/£9,151"
"Residual value (after 3yrs/30,000)" "£4,465/47.0%" "£3,774/40.6%" "£3,276/45.7%" "£3,062/37.7%"
Running costs N/A N/A 23.0ppm 27.6ppm
Annual tax liability std/higher rate £190/£380 £186/£371.80 £229/£459 £244/£487
Annual fuel cost (12k/20k miles) "£1,283/£2,139" "£1,192/£1,987" "£1,297/£2,162" "£1,198/£1,997"
Ins. grp./quote/road tax band/cost 6/£213/B/£35 2/£250/B/£35 1/£181/C/£120 7/£219/C/£120
Cost of 1st/2nd/3rd service £712 (3yr plan) £431 (3yr plan) £128/£150/£128 £193/£193/£193
Length/wheelbase "3,546/2,300mm" "3,620/2,300mm" "3,828/2,465mm" "3,600/2,367mm"
Height/width "1,488/1,627mm" "1,505/1,658mm" "1,544/1,660mm" "1,470/1,654mm"
Engine "4cyl in-line/1,242cc" "4cyl in-line/1,242cc" "3cyl in-line/1,198cc" "4cyl in-line/1,149cc"
Peak power "68/5,500 bhp/rpm" "68/5,500 bhp/rpm" "54/4,750 bhp/rpm" "59/5,250 bhp/rpm"
Peak torque "102/3,000 Nm/rpm" "102/3,000 Nm/rpm" "108/3,000 Nm/rpm" "93/2,500 Nm/rpm"
Transmission 5-spd man/fwd 5-spd man/fwd 5-spd man/fwd 5-spd man/fwd
Fuel tank capacity 35 litres 35 litres 50 litres 40 litres
Spare wheel Space saver Sealant Full size Space saver
Boot capacity (seats up/down) 185/550 litres 224/747 litres "260/1,016 litres" 230/959 litres
Kerbweight/payload/towing weight 865/440/800kg 940/380kg/N/A 978/432/700kg 980/340kg/N/A
Turning circle/drag coefficient 9.2 metres/0.32Cd 9.4 metres/0.34Cd 10.7 metres/0.34Cd 10.9 metres/N/A
Basic warranty (miles)/recovery "3y (60,000)/1y AA" "3yrs (60,000)/1yr" "3yrs (60,000)/1yr" "3yrs (60,000)/2yrs"
Service intervals/UK dealers "18,000 miles/160" "12,500 miles/781" "10,000 miles/223" "18,000 miles/330"
Driver Power manufacturer/dealer pos. 36th/29th 20th/26th 17th/23rd 33rd/30th
Euro NCAP: Adult/child/ped./points 5/3/2/77 4/3/2/68 4/4/2/82 4/N/A/2/39
0-60/30-70mph 13.3/14.7 secs 13.5/15.2 secs 18.1/23.4 secs 16.1/18.3 secs
30-50mph in 3rd/4th 7.5/12.2 secs 7.7/13.2 secs 6.9/10.4 secs 8.0/11.2 secs
Top speed/rpm at 70mph "99mph/3,000rpm" "99mph/3,250rpm" "92mph/3,500rpm" "96mph/3,500rpm"
Braking 70-0/60-0/30-0mph 50.6/36.6/9.1m 48.5/36.7/9.2m 54.4/38.7/10.1m 54.4/39.6/9.9m
Noise levels outside/idle/30/70mph 67/45/63/69dB 63/44/62/70dB 67/42/66/71dB 67/44/63/70dB
Auto Express economy/range 36.6mpg/282 miles 39.4mpg/303 miles 36.2mpg/398 miles 39.2mpg/345 miles
Govt urban/extra-urban/combined 44.1/65.7/55.4mpg 44.8/64.2/55.4mpg 37.2/54.3/46.3mpg 39.2/61.4/50.4mpg
Actual/claimed CO2/tax bracket 178/119g/km/10% 166/119g/km/10% 180/144g/km/16% 166/130g/km/15%
Airbags/Isofix/parking sensors Seven/yes/£245 Two/yes/£196 Two/yes/DFO Four/yes**/£245
Air-con/leather/heated seats Yes/£636/no "Yes/£685/£1,000*" £925/no/£191 £538/no/no
Auto box/stability/cruise control £705/£196/no No/£392/no No/£436/no No/£196/£245
Met paint/xenons/keyless go £367/no/no £367/no/no £343/no/no £367/no/no
Sat-nav/aux-in/Bluetooth DFO/yes/yes DFO/yes/£196 DFO/no/no DFO/£220/no

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