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MOT statistics · 2023 tests

Mazda MOT pass rates by model

Across 504,917 MOT tests on 8 Mazda models in 2023, 76.2% passed, about the same as the 76.5% average for all cars. Comparing models at the same ages, the MX-5 does best at 90.9%.

Mazda 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
2123,364
74.9%
84.5%
3110,392
73.4%
81.0%
MX-595,311
77.4%
90.9%
667,869
74.9%
82.5%
CX-559,563
84.6%
83.1%
CX-325,050
89.7%
n/a
512,455
59.6%
n/a
Bongo10,913
59.6%
64.5%

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Questions

What is the MOT pass rate for Mazda cars?
In 2023, 76.2% of 504,917 initial MOT tests on the 8 Mazda models we cover ended in a pass, against 76.5% for all cars and light vans.
Which Mazda model has the most MOT tests?
The Mazda 2, with 123,364 tests in 2023 and a pass rate of 74.9%.
Which Mazda model has the best MOT pass rate?
Comparing models at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix, the Mazda MX-5 had the highest pass rate of the 5 Mazda models with enough tests, at 90.9%.

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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.