MOT comparison

Audi A3 8V vs Volkswagen Golf Mk7

How the Audi A3 8V (3rd Gen) (2012–2020) and the Volkswagen Golf Mk7 (2012–2019) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Audi A3 8V (3rd Gen)

2,002,064

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2020

Passes more often in 3 of 15 mileage bands

Volkswagen Golf Mk7

3,651,227

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2019

Passes more often in 3 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Audi A3 8V Volkswagen Golf Mk7

Under 10,000 miles 94.9% vs 93.4%

20,621 and 49,856 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 92.1% vs 90.5%

125,005 and 249,307 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 90.1% vs 88.7%

232,769 and 450,072 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 88.6% vs 87.9%

269,278 and 510,712 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 86.8% vs 86.6%

261,674 and 486,768 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 84.6% vs 85.0%

235,178 and 430,018 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 82.6% vs 83.2%

201,244 and 362,339 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 80.9% vs 81.4%

166,698 and 293,529 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 79.3% vs 80.0%

132,954 and 230,229 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 77.9% vs 78.5%

103,553 and 175,030 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 76.1% vs 77.0%

154,492 and 254,468 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 74.4% vs 75.7%

65,631 and 104,393 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 73.5% vs 74.3%

23,194 and 37,212 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 71.1% vs 73.8%

7,201 and 12,156 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 69.6% vs 71.0%

2,572 and 5,138 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 8V fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Volkswagen Golf Mk7.

Volkswagen Golf Mk7 fails more often on

Windscreen wiper

Fails about 3 times as often as the Audi A3 8V: 2.4% of MOTs against 0.50%.

In 8 of 15 mileage bands · Driver's View

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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.