DVSA MOT data: ranking 44 brands by pass rate

Background

This ranking draws on DVSA MOT results across 44 brands and 38,857,783 tests. At the top of the table sits Bentley with a 94.68 pass rate from 14,670 tests, while Chevrolet ranks last at 69.75 from 35,955 tests. Across the full list, the gap between first and last is 24.9 percentage points.

The broad pattern is straightforward: some premium and Japanese brands cluster near the top, while several mass-market brands sit much lower. But the dataset also shows that high pass rates are not limited to low-volume marques. Honda posts 90.56 from 799,679 tests, Toyota 87.97 from 1,593,261 tests, and Audi 86.45 from 2,196,090 tests.

The brands at the top and bottom

The leading group combines very high pass rates with very different test volumes. Bentley and Aston Martin lead the ranking, but both are based on relatively small totals. Porsche and Lexus remain near the top with much larger samples, and Honda stands out for combining a 90.56 pass rate with 799,679 tests.

Brand	Tests	Pass rate
Bentley	14,670	94.68
Aston Martin	12,941	94.47
Porsche	149,594	92.22
Lexus	158,898	92.13
Honda	799,679	90.56
MINI	900,913	88.15
Toyota	1,593,261	87.97
Suzuki	521,839	87.67
Subaru	43,326	87.1
Audi	2,196,090	86.45

At the other end, Chevrolet records 69.75 from 35,955 tests and Chrysler 70.8 from 11,685. Renault, Citroen, and Dacia are notable because they appear in the bottom 10 despite much larger test counts, suggesting these are not fringe results based only on tiny samples.

Brand	Tests	Pass rate
Chevrolet	35,955	69.75
Chrysler	11,685	70.8
Ssangyong	42,807	74.99
Renault	1,167,784	75.91
Citroen	1,295,440	77.75
Isuzu	58,991	77.93
DS	97,166	78.09
London Taxis Int	21,987	78.57
Dacia	327,582	78.94
Alfa Romeo	74,722	79.1

High-volume brands tell the clearest story

The largest test totals matter because they show where pass-rate performance holds up at scale. Ford has the biggest footprint in the dataset with 5,435,921 tests and an 81.69 pass rate. Vauxhall follows with 3,932,782 tests and 79.27, while Volkswagen records 3,399,709 tests and 84.66.

Among other high-volume brands, BMW posts 86.41 from 2,238,243 tests, Nissan 82.27 from 2,165,718, [Mercedes-Benz](/cars/mercedes-benz) 84.76 from 2,043,012, and Peugeot 80.98 from 1,716,504. Toyota’s 87.97 from 1,593,261 places it well ahead of several mainstream rivals with similarly large MOT footprints.

This matters because the ranking is not driven only by specialist or luxury makes. Several of the strongest pass rates belong to brands with hundreds of thousands, and in some cases millions, of tests.

A split by brand origin

The findings also group brands into two origin buckets: unknown and GB. The unknown group accounts for 27,710,588 tests and an 84.4 pass rate. The GB group accounts for 11,147,195 tests and an 80.3 pass rate.

Origin	Tests	Pass rate
unknown	27,710,588	84.4
GB	11,147,195	80.3

Within the GB-labelled brands, the results are mixed. Bentley leads the entire ranking at 94.68, Aston Martin is second at 94.47, and Suzuki records 87.67. But several GB-labelled brands also sit near the bottom, including Renault at 75.91, Citroen at 77.75, DS at 78.09, and Dacia at 78.94.

What the ranking does and does not show

This is a brand-level MOT pass-rate ranking, not a guide to MOT pricing. The reader questions about how much an MOT costs in the UK, the average MOT price, or the standard MOT price in 2023 or 2024 cannot be answered from these findings, because the dataset contains pass rates, brand names, origins, and test counts, but no price figures.

It also does not break results down by model, age, fuel type, or failure reason. A brand with a lower pass rate may have an older vehicle parc, while a higher-ranking brand may have a newer one. The figures here show the outcome of MOT tests by make, and nothing further.

Frequently asked questions

Q: Which brand has the highest MOT pass rate? A: Bentley ranks first with a 94.68 pass rate from 14,670 tests.

Q: Which brand has the lowest MOT pass rate? A: Chevrolet ranks last with a 69.75 pass rate from 35,955 tests.

Q: How many brands are included in the ranking? A: The ranking covers 44 brands.

Q: How many MOT tests are included in the data? A: The findings cover 38,857,783 tests.

Q: What is the gap between the best and worst brands? A: The spread between Bentley and Chevrolet is 24.9 percentage points.

Q: Does this dataset show how much an MOT costs in the UK? A: No. The findings include brand pass rates and test counts, but no MOT price figures.