MOT comparison

Fiat 500 Modern vs Ford Ka Mk2

How the Fiat 500 Modern (Series 0-8) (2007–2020) and the Ford Ka Mk2 (2008–2016) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Fiat 500 Modern (Series 0-8)

3,403,418

MOT tests compared · built 2007–2020

Passes more often in 1 of 13 mileage bands

Ford Ka Mk2

1,562,734

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2016

Passes more often in 7 of 13 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Fiat 500 Modern Ford Ka Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 92.0% vs 93.1%

121,598 and 63,146 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 86.4% vs 87.6%

416,294 and 195,671 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 79.9% vs 82.1%

560,549 and 247,624 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 74.0% vs 76.8%

542,410 and 237,523 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 68.3% vs 71.6%

470,786 and 209,503 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 63.9% vs 66.6%

384,471 and 176,753 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 60.3% vs 62.3%

298,051 and 141,344 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 57.7% vs 58.5%

219,904 and 105,446 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 55.4% vs 56.1%

152,326 and 74,083 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 54.0% vs 53.7%

100,115 and 47,917 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 52.5% vs 51.6%

107,896 and 50,033 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 51.4% vs 50.2%

24,123 and 11,240 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 50.2% vs 50.0%

4,895 and 2,451 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

Fiat 500 Modern fails more often on

Headlamp aim

Fails about 3 times as often as the Ford Ka Mk2: 2.2% of MOTs against 0.78%.

In 10 of 13 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Doors and door catches

Fails about 7 times as often as the Ford Ka Mk2: 1.00% of MOTs against 0.14%.

In 8 of 13 mileage bands
Front coil spring

Fails about 4 times as often as the Ford Ka Mk2: 0.81% of MOTs against 0.22%.

In 8 of 13 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks

Ford Ka Mk2 fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Fiat 500 Modern.

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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.