MOT comparison

Audi A3 8P vs SEAT Leon Mk2

How the Audi A3 8P (2nd Gen) (2003–2012) and the SEAT Leon Mk2 (1P) (2005–2012) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Audi A3 8P (2nd Gen)

3,263,605

MOT tests compared · built 2003–2012

Passes more often in 5 of 15 mileage bands

SEAT Leon Mk2 (1P)

883,889

MOT tests compared · built 2005–2012

Passes more often in 5 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

Share of MOTs passed first time, at the mileage recorded at the test.

Audi A3 8P SEAT Leon Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 90.5% vs 89.5%

10,932 and 2,440 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 90.6% vs 91.1%

67,790 and 17,836 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 87.3% vs 88.4%

153,714 and 44,831 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 84.6% vs 85.1%

211,907 and 62,525 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 81.4% vs 81.2%

241,989 and 71,874 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 78.1% vs 77.2%

259,322 and 75,833 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 74.8% vs 73.4%

267,891 and 78,082 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 71.8% vs 69.9%

271,014 and 78,624 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 69.0% vs 67.0%

268,696 and 76,311 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 66.5% vs 64.9%

257,494 and 72,363 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 63.0% vs 62.6%

546,841 and 147,350 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 59.6% vs 61.6%

373,161 and 90,841 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 57.4% vs 60.6%

204,854 and 42,903 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 56.0% vs 59.7%

88,064 and 15,826 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 55.5% vs 60.1%

39,936 and 6,250 MOTs

Parts that fail more often

Only differences that hold across at least half of the mileage bands we could compare, and that are far too large to be chance, are listed. How we decide

Audi A3 8P fails more often on

Stop lamp

Fails about 1.5 times as often as the SEAT Leon Mk2: 1.8% of MOTs against 1.0%.

In 14 of 15 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Front constant velocity joint gaiter

Fails about twice as often as the SEAT Leon Mk2: 1.6% of MOTs against 0.82%.

In 11 of 15 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints
Rear direction indicator

Fails about 12 times as often as the SEAT Leon Mk2: 1.1% of MOTs against 0.10%.

In 10 of 15 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

SEAT Leon Mk2 fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Audi A3 8P.

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These are differences in real MOT results, not engineering verdicts. Owner mix differs between models (some are more often taxis, first cars or rural cars), which is why every figure compares cars at the same mileage. How we compare cars.

MOT records: DVSA MOT history, which contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See this the other way round.