8:34 am, October 1, 2013
DATA from VOSA has revealed that one in five cars registered in 2010 failed their first MoT.
Between January and August this year, 253,000 cars failed their first MoT test after being registered as brand new in 2010.
More than 70 million MoT records VOSA were analysed by TootCompare, the new real-time comparison site.
Japanese and German manufactures have been labelled the most reliable brands when it comes to passing the MoT test.
The Toyota iQ achieved the highest pass rate of 91.8 per cent, ahead of the Honda Jazz and CR-V, while Lexus took the best manufacturer spot with a 89.5 per cent pass rate.
Honda’s high-volume Jazz scored an impressive 90.4 per cent rating, while Land Rover just made it into the top 10 with the Freelander achieving an 88.9 per cent pass rate.
At the bottom of the pass rate table is the Renault Kangoo with a 63.5 per cent pass rate. However, Citroen’s Berlingo scored a 67.8 per cent pass rate while the C4 scored only 67.9 per cent with an average mileage of 23,600 miles on the test.
Citroen was named the worst performing brand with an overall pass rate of 76.2 per cent.
Below are tables of the top 10 best and worst car manufacturers, makes and models:
Top 10 by model range
Toyota iQ 91.82 per cent
Honda Jazz 90.40 per cent
Honda CR-V 89.83 per cent
Lexus IS 89.65 per cent
Toyota Yaris 89.61 per cent
Lexus RX 89.31 per cent
Audi Q5 89.27 per cent
Audi TT 89.22 per cent
Land Rover Freelander 88.80 per cent
Suzuki Splash 88.07 per cent
Bottom 10 by model range
Chevrolet Aveo 73.75 per cent
Mitsubishi L200 73.53 per cent
Chevrolet Captiva 73.53 per cent
Nissan Navara 70.59 per cent
Mazda 5 70.55 per cent
Fiat Doblo 69.24 per cent
Peugeot 5008 68.14 per cent
Citroen C4 67.86 per cent
Citroen Berlingo 67.84 per cent
Renault Kangoo 63.54 per cent
Top 10 by manufacturer
Lexus 89.48 per cent
Subaru 88.65 per cent
Honda 87.24 per cent
Toyota 85.69 per cent
Audi 84.81 per cent
Saab 84.53 per cent
Land Rover 84.26 per cent
Mercedes 84.21 per cent
Suzuki 84.08 per cent
Hyundai 83.75 per cent
Bottom 10 by manufacturer
Peugeot 79.96 per cent
Alfa Romeo 79.33 per cent
Volkswagen 79.33 per cent
Volvo 79.08 per cent
Renault 79.06 per cent
Mini 78.54 per cent
Seat 78.24 per cent
Fiat 77.13 per cent
Chevrolet 76.61 per cent
Citroen 76.18 per cent
