Volvo C30: 58% pass.

20,607 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 58% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 60% 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
11 years	61%	67%	6%	33%	198
12 years	60%	64%	7%	33%	1,168
13 years	59%	62%	7%	34%	1,899
14 years	58%	60%	7%	35%	2,683
15 years	57%	58%	7%	36%	3,247
16 years	55%	57%	7%	37%	1,507
17 years	52%	57%	7%	41%	893
18 years	55%	57%	6%	39%	298

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
11 years	75%	67%	6%	19%	165
12 years	65%	64%	6%	29%	988
13 years	65%	62%	6%	29%	975
14 years	61%	60%	6%	32%	927
15 years	58%	58%	7%	35%	1,867
16 years	55%	57%	7%	37%	1,855
17 years	57%	57%	7%	36%	1,307
18 years	59%	57%	6%	36%	630

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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02 / Related

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.