Fiat Panda: 63% pass.

82,458 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 63% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 65% would be expected: 2 points worse than that.

How it does as it ages.

01 / By age

Source: Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) Checked 4 Nov 2026, 13:37

Diesel
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
6 years	78%	82%	6%	16%	49
7 years	73%	79%	6%	21%	131
8 years	68%	76%	5%	26%	174
9 years	66%	73%	3%	30%	339
10 years	63%	70%	5%	32%	654
11 years	59%	67%	4%	37%	813
12 years	60%	64%	4%	36%	417
13 years	52%	62%	8%	40%	90
14 years	59%	60%	4%	37%	279
15 years	52%	58%	5%	43%	534
16 years	52%	57%	6%	42%	525
17 years	47%	57%	8%	45%	600
18 years	49%	57%	5%	46%	287
19 years	55%	57%	2%	42%	217
20 years	56%	57%	6%	38%	71

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
3 years	82%	88%	4%	14%	49
4 years	83%	86%	5%	13%	1,104
5 years	83%	84%	4%	14%	2,068
6 years	79%	82%	5%	16%	2,543
7 years	77%	79%	5%	18%	2,792
8 years	75%	76%	5%	20%	3,941
9 years	72%	73%	5%	23%	6,341
10 years	69%	70%	5%	26%	7,063
11 years	68%	67%	6%	26%	6,642
12 years	65%	64%	6%	28%	6,361
13 years	60%	62%	5%	34%	5,262
14 years	58%	60%	6%	36%	6,018
15 years	57%	58%	6%	37%	9,259
16 years	55%	57%	6%	38%	5,105
17 years	54%	57%	5%	40%	3,600
18 years	54%	57%	5%	41%	3,370
19 years	54%	57%	6%	41%	2,562
20 years	51%	57%	6%	43%	2,093

Ages with fewer than 30 tests are left out. "All cars this age" is every make and model at that age, so you can see whether this one does better or worse than most.

A pass rate is the share of normal MOT tests a car passed first time, with no repair needed at the test station. A car that failed and was fixed on the spot is counted separately. Retests, aborted tests and other vehicles are left out.
The figures say how often cars of a kind pass, not how reliable or safe they are. Cars that are looked after better, or that are driven fewer miles, pass more often, and that differs by model. Groups of fewer than 30 tests are left out.
Make and model names are as DVSA records them, and a model can appear under more than one name.

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Data sources

Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT test results for cars, counted by make, model and age from DVSA's anonymised data. The counts are ours; DVSA does not endorse them.