MOT comparison

BMW 5 Series F10/F11/F07 vs Audi A6 C7

How the BMW 5 Series F10/F11/F07 (6th Gen) (2009–2016) and the Audi A6 C7 (2011–2018) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

BMW 5 Series F10/F11/F07 (6th Gen)

1,171,672

MOT tests compared · built 2009–2016

Passes more often in 0 of 16 mileage bands

Audi A6 C7

706,378

MOT tests compared · built 2011–2018

Passes more often in 13 of 16 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

BMW 5 Series F10/F11/F07 Audi A6 C7

Under 10,000 miles 95.8% vs 95.6%

3,428 and 1,925 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 92.3% vs 92.5%

22,125 and 14,491 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 88.8% vs 90.3%

55,390 and 41,220 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 87.3% vs 89.6%

80,745 and 61,362 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 85.4% vs 88.4%

95,144 and 70,526 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 83.4% vs 87.1%

101,962 and 73,219 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 81.8% vs 86.0%

104,063 and 71,096 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 80.7% vs 85.0%

103,266 and 67,358 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 79.7% vs 83.7%

98,845 and 60,763 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 78.6% vs 82.9%

91,897 and 53,172 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 77.2% vs 81.7%

183,689 and 95,922 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 75.9% vs 80.2%

118,957 and 53,345 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 75.2% vs 79.1%

63,204 and 25,146 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 74.4% vs 78.1%

28,611 and 10,343 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 74.7% vs 77.9%

16,839 and 5,422 MOTs

250,000–300,000 miles 75.5% vs 76.3%

3,507 and 1,068 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

BMW 5 Series F10/F11/F07 fails more often on

Front coil spring

Fails about 5 times as often as the Audi A6 C7: 1.8% of MOTs against 0.38%.

In 11 of 16 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks
Headlamp

Fails about 1.5 times as often as the Audi A6 C7: 2.9% of MOTs against 1.7%.

In 10 of 16 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Windscreen washer

Fails about twice as often as the Audi A6 C7: 1.1% of MOTs against 0.60%.

In 10 of 16 mileage bands · Driver's View

Audi A6 C7 fails more often on

Engine management light

Fails about 3 times as often as the BMW 5 Series F10/F11/F07: 1.5% of MOTs against 0.61%.

In 10 of 16 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights
Front drive shaft

Fails over 20 times as often as the BMW 5 Series F10/F11/F07: 1.1% of MOTs against 0.00%.

In 9 of 16 mileage bands

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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.