Toyota Avensis: 66% pass.

54,959 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 66% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 63% would be expected: 3 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

Diesel
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
6 years	82%	82%	5%	13%	393
7 years	80%	79%	4%	15%	1,281
8 years	78%	76%	5%	17%	2,312
9 years	77%	73%	5%	18%	2,845
10 years	72%	70%	6%	22%	2,476
11 years	71%	67%	6%	24%	2,393
12 years	69%	64%	6%	24%	2,623
13 years	65%	62%	8%	27%	2,508
14 years	63%	60%	8%	29%	2,056
15 years	61%	58%	8%	31%	2,164
16 years	58%	57%	7%	34%	2,153
17 years	55%	57%	9%	36%	2,057
18 years	57%	57%	9%	34%	1,732
19 years	57%	57%	10%	33%	944
20 years	56%	57%	8%	36%	378

LPG
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
12 years	71%	64%	3%	26%	38
13 years	67%	62%	9%	24%	46
14 years	61%	60%	10%	29%	59
15 years	73%	58%	7%	20%	30

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
6 years	88%	82%	3%	9%	123
7 years	86%	79%	4%	10%	624
8 years	82%	76%	4%	14%	683
9 years	83%	73%	4%	13%	620
10 years	79%	70%	6%	15%	354
11 years	75%	67%	6%	19%	457
12 years	74%	64%	6%	20%	979
13 years	69%	62%	8%	22%	1,769
14 years	66%	60%	9%	25%	2,551
15 years	64%	58%	9%	27%	2,526
16 years	63%	57%	9%	28%	2,301
17 years	59%	57%	11%	30%	2,324
18 years	57%	57%	12%	30%	2,345
19 years	57%	57%	12%	30%	2,211
20 years	57%	57%	12%	31%	2,027

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.