Vehicle profile

Lotus Elise

Year-by-year

Year	Trims	Best MPG	Complaints	Fatal crashes	Inventory

UK MOT pass rate by age

Pass rate of Lotus Elise units presented for the UK MOT (annual roadworthiness test) at each age. Aggregated from 5,062 tests in the 2023 DVSA bulk dataset, across all model years registered to date. The MOT becomes mandatory once a vehicle reaches three years of age.

Age (yrs)	Tests	Pass rate	Median mileage
3	73	89.0%	5,818 mi
4	104	95.2%	7,616 mi
5	70	91.4%	9,710 mi
6	87	97.7%	13,164 mi
7	94	96.8%	17,406 mi
8	101	96.0%	20,426 mi
9	85	91.8%	28,277 mi
10	47	85.1%	27,146 mi
12	43	86.1%	36,876 mi
13	100	91.0%	31,529 mi
14	95	91.6%	38,396 mi
15	181	86.7%	38,344 mi
16	227	86.3%	40,466 mi
17	226	86.7%	41,987 mi
18	250	91.2%	44,359 mi
19	244	87.3%	48,044 mi
20	294	86.7%	50,219 mi
21	411	86.1%	49,181 mi
22	266	87.6%	50,541 mi
23	514	86.4%	49,242 mi
24	661	83.7%	55,193 mi
25	632	82.8%	56,049 mi
26	227	86.3%	52,313 mi
27	30	86.7%	56,711 mi

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data 2023 (Open Government Licence). Class 4 normal tests only.