MOT comparison

Fiat 500 Modern vs Toyota Aygo Mk2

How the Fiat 500 Modern (Series 0-8) (2007–2020) and the Toyota Aygo Mk2 (2014–2022) 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)

3,398,523

MOT tests compared · built 2007–2020

Passes more often in 0 of 12 mileage bands

Toyota Aygo Mk2

913,020

MOT tests compared · built 2014–2022

Passes more often in 12 of 12 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Fiat 500 Modern Toyota Aygo Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 92.0% vs 94.8%

121,598 and 88,809 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 86.4% vs 91.4%

416,294 and 210,331 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 79.9% vs 87.5%

560,549 and 204,611 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 74.0% vs 85.5%

542,410 and 153,244 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 68.3% vs 83.6%

470,786 and 102,263 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 63.9% vs 80.8%

384,471 and 64,527 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 60.3% vs 78.2%

298,051 and 38,585 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 57.7% vs 75.6%

219,904 and 22,365 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 55.4% vs 72.8%

152,326 and 12,645 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 54.0% vs 71.6%

100,115 and 7,080 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 52.5% vs 68.1%

107,896 and 6,826 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 51.4% vs 65.1%

24,123 and 1,734 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 9 times as often as the Toyota Aygo Mk2: 3.7% of MOTs against 0.56%.

In 11 of 12 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints
Windscreen washer

Fails about twice as often as the Toyota Aygo Mk2: 2.6% of MOTs against 1.4%.

In 11 of 12 mileage bands · Driver's View
Shock absorbers

Fails about 17 times as often as the Toyota Aygo Mk2: 5.7% of MOTs against 0.35%.

In 10 of 12 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks

Toyota Aygo Mk2 fails more often on

Suspension joints, pins and bushes

Fails about 12 times as often as the Fiat 500 Modern: 1.6% of MOTs against 0.11%.

In 7 of 12 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints
Front wheel bearing

Fails about 4 times as often as the Fiat 500 Modern: 1.0% of MOTs against 0.26%.

In 6 of 12 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.