MOT comparison

Ford Fiesta Mk6 vs Mazda 2 Mk1

How the Ford Fiesta Mk6 (2002–2008) and the Mazda 2 Mk1 (DY) (2002–2007) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Fiesta Mk6

8,666,167

MOT tests compared · built 2002–2008

Passes more often in 1 of 13 mileage bands

Mazda 2 Mk1 (DY)

249,393

MOT tests compared · built 2002–2007

Passes more often in 10 of 13 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Ford Fiesta Mk6 Mazda 2 Mk1

Under 10,000 miles 91.2% vs 92.2%

125,659 and 5,611 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 88.7% vs 90.0%

522,168 and 22,173 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 83.7% vs 86.0%

848,566 and 30,521 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 78.5% vs 82.0%

954,674 and 31,720 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 73.1% vs 76.9%

955,553 and 30,211 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 68.0% vs 72.0%

920,883 and 27,364 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 63.6% vs 66.0%

865,255 and 24,043 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 59.4% vs 62.3%

790,466 and 20,470 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 55.8% vs 58.4%

692,142 and 16,548 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 53.0% vs 54.6%

577,790 and 12,921 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 50.1% vs 50.7%

919,910 and 18,932 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 47.9% vs 46.7%

371,919 and 6,867 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 47.5% vs 47.9%

121,182 and 2,012 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

Ford Fiesta Mk6 fails more often on

Stop lamp

Fails about 3 times as often as the Mazda 2 Mk1: 5.6% of MOTs against 2.1%.

In 13 of 13 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Rear direction indicator

Fails about 13 times as often as the Mazda 2 Mk1: 1.3% of MOTs against 0.10%.

In 9 of 13 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Headlamp

Fails about 1.5 times as often as the Mazda 2 Mk1: 4.8% of MOTs against 2.9%.

In 7 of 13 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

Mazda 2 Mk1 fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Ford Fiesta Mk6.

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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.