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MOT statistics · 2023 tests

Kia MOT pass rates by model

Across 881,339 MOT tests on 13 Kia models in 2023, 78.7% passed, 2.2 points above the 76.5% average for all cars. Comparing models at the same ages, the Venga does best at 85.5%.

Kia models

Overall pass rate across all ages, and like-for-like at ages 3 to 10, where the model has enough tests at each age (n/a where it does not). The line marks the all-car average.

ModelTestsPass rateAges
3 to 10
Sportage256,061
81.2%
81.7%
Picanto179,881
76.9%
83.4%
Ceed121,974
73.4%
80.0%
Rio98,946
75.3%
82.5%
Niro52,476
91.5%
n/a
Venga47,973
79.6%
85.5%
Sorento36,939
73.2%
80.2%
Soul24,175
76.4%
84.8%
Stonic20,538
91.9%
n/a
Carens16,056
70.5%
n/a
Optima11,585
82.5%
80.5%
Xceed8,442
91.3%
n/a
Sedona6,293
61.0%
n/a

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Questions

What is the MOT pass rate for Kia cars?
In 2023, 78.7% of 881,339 initial MOT tests on the 13 Kia models we cover ended in a pass, against 76.5% for all cars and light vans.
Which Kia model has the most MOT tests?
The Kia Sportage, with 256,061 tests in 2023 and a pass rate of 81.2%.
Which Kia model has the best MOT pass rate?
Comparing models at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix, the Kia Venga had the highest pass rate of the 7 Kia models with enough tests, at 85.5%.

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How these figures are made. We counted every initial MOT test (not retests) of cars and light vans in Great Britain in 2023 from the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 33,842,940 tests in all. Pass rate is the share of initial tests that ended in a pass, counting faults fixed during the test. Age is whole years from first registration to the test, so a car having its first MOT a few weeks early counts as 2.

Like-for-like pass rates average each model's pass rate at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix for every model, so a model is not flattered by a young fleet or penalised by an old one. Models are grouped by the first word of the DVSA model name, and names that cover several models are left out.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RegTail's analysis of the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 2023 tests.