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Volkswagen Polo

Year-by-year

Year	Trims	Best MPG	Complaints	Fatal crashes	Inventory

UK MOT pass rate by age

Pass rate of Volkswagen Polo units presented for the UK MOT (annual roadworthiness test) at each age. Aggregated from 613,137 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	14,158	92.3%	18,906 mi
4	36,826	89.6%	25,280 mi
5	43,945	83.1%	32,066 mi
6	46,287	83.5%	38,154 mi
7	52,076	81.2%	45,473 mi
8	51,770	79.0%	52,522 mi
9	44,459	75.4%	59,374 mi
10	38,985	72.6%	65,358 mi
11	37,945	71.3%	70,981 mi
12	40,879	67.1%	77,528 mi
13	39,128	65.6%	81,937 mi
14	24,743	62.1%	80,750 mi
15	27,421	60.6%	87,037 mi
16	25,707	60.4%	90,598 mi
17	22,773	57.7%	93,523 mi
18	18,199	56.3%	94,340 mi
19	15,777	56.5%	93,934 mi
20	13,011	56.2%	92,780 mi
21	7,682	57.0%	90,873 mi
22	4,805	62.6%	82,362 mi
23	3,146	63.7%	85,395 mi
24	1,200	66.2%	70,360 mi
25	641	65.7%	67,066 mi
26	507	61.0%	68,848 mi
27	416	64.9%	70,487 mi
28	191	66.5%	80,048 mi
29	180	72.2%	71,379 mi
30	280	66.4%	84,849 mi

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