Honda Insight: 68% pass.

8,247 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 68% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 60% would be expected: 8 points better 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

Electric
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
12 years	74%	64%	7%	19%	57
13 years	73%	62%	11%	17%	209
14 years	70%	60%	11%	19%	363
15 years	70%	58%	9%	21%	363
16 years	69%	57%	7%	24%	147

Hybrid
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
10 years	83%	70%	6%	10%	126
11 years	71%	67%	9%	20%	288
12 years	74%	64%	10%	16%	510
13 years	69%	62%	11%	20%	772
14 years	65%	60%	11%	24%	896
15 years	65%	58%	12%	23%	952
16 years	64%	57%	9%	27%	324

Other
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
12 years	83%	64%	6%	11%	66
13 years	67%	62%	12%	21%	217
14 years	64%	60%	8%	28%	363
15 years	59%	58%	9%	32%	339
16 years	71%	57%	5%	24%	130

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
12 years	72%	64%	6%	22%	89
13 years	69%	62%	10%	21%	365
14 years	69%	60%	9%	22%	624
15 years	65%	58%	7%	28%	730
16 years	61%	57%	11%	28%	285

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.