MOT comparison

Fiat 500 Modern vs MINI Hatch R56/R57

How the Fiat 500 Modern (Series 0-8) (2007–2020) and the MINI Hatch R56/R57 (2nd Gen) (2006–2014) 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)

3,404,600

MOT tests compared · built 2007–2020

Passes more often in 1 of 14 mileage bands

MINI Hatch R56/R57 (2nd Gen)

2,893,571

MOT tests compared · built 2006–2014

Passes more often in 13 of 14 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Fiat 500 Modern MINI Hatch R56/R57

Under 10,000 miles 92.0% vs 90.9%

121,598 and 41,618 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 86.4% vs 87.5%

416,294 and 187,059 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 79.9% vs 85.1%

560,549 and 298,290 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 74.0% vs 82.2%

542,410 and 335,965 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 68.3% vs 78.7%

470,786 and 339,927 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 63.9% vs 75.0%

384,471 and 329,695 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 60.3% vs 71.2%

298,051 and 310,048 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 57.7% vs 67.5%

219,904 and 277,727 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 55.4% vs 64.5%

152,326 and 232,836 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 54.0% vs 61.9%

100,115 and 181,195 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 52.5% vs 59.3%

107,896 and 249,776 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 51.4% vs 57.4%

24,123 and 80,435 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 50.2% vs 57.2%

4,895 and 22,673 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 48.9% vs 57.4%

1,182 and 6,327 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

Front suspension arm

Fails about 11 times as often as the MINI Hatch R56/R57: 3.9% of MOTs against 0.55%.

In 13 of 14 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints
Windscreen washer

Fails about twice as often as the MINI Hatch R56/R57: 2.8% of MOTs against 1.5%.

In 13 of 14 mileage bands · Driver's View
Front brake pad

Fails about 3 times as often as the MINI Hatch R56/R57: 2.2% of MOTs against 0.70%.

In 12 of 14 mileage bands · Braking System

MINI Hatch R56/R57 fails more often on

Front position lamp

Fails about 3 times as often as the Fiat 500 Modern: 6.5% of MOTs against 2.5%.

In 11 of 14 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Exhaust emissions

Fails about 4 times as often as the Fiat 500 Modern: 4.3% of MOTs against 1.2%.

In 10 of 14 mileage bands · Exhaust & Emissions

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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.