Today's fact · Saturday, 26 September 2026
10.5M+ tests
Used cars with the best MOT pass rates — the top-50 list covers 10.5M+ tests
The public leaderboard rests on serious volume — not a handful of examples.
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Read full fact88.6% pass rate
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque: 46,429 MOT tests in the top-50 list
Premium SUV, huge sample — rank 49 of 50 on the public leaderboard.
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Read full fact82.2% vs 82.6%
Vauxhall Mokka and Corsa are only 0.4 percentage points apart on MOT pass rate
SUV vs supermini within the same badge — similar pass rates, different defect mixes.
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Ford Focus vs Fiesta MOT — Focus passes 86.6%, Fiesta 83.9%
Same brand, different outcomes — model choice matters within Ford.
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Read full fact+56.7% vs X3 (MOT rate)
BMW iX3 shows a higher tyre-failure rate at MOT than the petrol X3 in this age band
In 2021–2026 registrations, iX3 tests show more section-5 tyre majors/dangerous than comparable X3 tests.
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Tyre faults at MOT are coded to DVSA manual section 5
Structured defect codes beat free-text — they make EV vs ICE tyre comparisons possible.
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Read full fact5–10 year vehicle age
Most CARMOTIQ research focuses on cars aged 5–10 years
That is the heart of the UK used market — past first MOT, before high-mileage retirement.
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Peugeot 208 and 308 feature in free brand research previews
Four mainstream makes — Ford, Vauxhall, Volkswagen, Peugeot — have crawlable research summaries.
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Read full fact6.3M+ VWs
VW Golf MOT data — Volkswagen has 6.3M+ vehicles in UK MOT research
Golf, Polo, and Transporter families drive huge test volume for the 5–10 year research vehicle age.
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A single MOT pass doesn't make a used car reliable — compare the model first
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Read full fact76.8% pass rate
Vauxhall Vivaro MOT pass rate 76.8% — lowest of Vauxhall’s top four
Among Vauxhall’s highest-volume models for the 5–10 year vehicle age, the Vivaro van trails the Corsa, Astra, and Mokka.
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56 car makes appear in this UK MOT research
From mainstream Ford and Vauxhall to low-volume specialists — the coverage is broader than a single-marque tool.
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Read full fact83.9% pass rate
Ford Fiesta MOT pass rate 83.9% at 5–10 years
2,376,411 MOT tests on UK Fiestas in this age band — and roughly one in six ends in a fail.
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Read full fact88.5% — rank #50
Audi A3 MOT pass rate 88.5% — still strong at #50 on the leaderboard
The last model on the top-50 leaderboard is still an Audi A3 with 677,723 tests.
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Read full fact64% owner neglect
Vauxhall Corsa MOT problems — most defects are owner neglect, not bad luck
Of 2,160,428 defect lines on 5–10 year Corsas, maintenance-related issues dominate.
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Read full fact1.19B+ defects
Over 1.19 billion individual MOT defect lines are reflected in this research
Passes and fails are only half the story — advisories and defect codes build the wear picture.
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Read full fact6.64 tests per vehicle
The typical UK car in this research has 6.64 MOT tests on record
MOT is a recurring snapshot — not a one-off event — and the averages show that clearly.
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Read full fact79.9% pass rate
Ford Transit MOT pass rate 79.9% at 5–10 years — should you risk a used van?
The Transit is Ford’s highest-test model in this vehicle age band — and its pass rate trails the Fiesta and Focus.
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Read full fact18,689,183 Fords
Ford MOT data UK — 18,689,183 vehicles in the used-car research set
No other make comes close to Ford’s footprint among UK MOT outcomes in this research.
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Read full fact557.3M+ MOT tests
Don't trust one MOT pass — 557 million UK tests behind every CARMOTIQ insight
CARMOTIQ research draws on 557 million DVSA MOT tests across 83.9 million vehicles — not single-registration lookups.
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Read full fact94.1% pass rate
Lexus RX MOT pass rate 94.1% — top of the 5–10 year table
Across 36,391 UK MOT tests, the Lexus RX leads popular used models aged 5–10 years.
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Is an MOT pass rate a reliability rating?
- No. Pass rate is the share of recorded DVSA tests that passed for a make, model, or age band. It does not prove breakdowns, repair cost, or the condition of one seller’s car.
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- GOV.UK shows MOT history for one vehicle. These articles summarise model-level and make-level patterns so you can research a type of car before you shortlist individual adverts.
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