MOT comparison

Ford Fiesta Mk7 vs Hyundai i20 Mk2

How the Ford Fiesta Mk7 (2008–2017) and the Hyundai i20 Mk2 (GB) (2014–2020) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Fiesta Mk7

10,312,456

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2017

Passes more often in 0 of 12 mileage bands

Hyundai i20 Mk2 (GB)

416,788

MOT tests compared · built 2014–2020

Passes more often in 11 of 12 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Ford Fiesta Mk7 Hyundai i20 Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 93.8% vs 93.4%

212,563 and 18,613 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.7% vs 92.1%

911,692 and 64,370 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 84.3% vs 89.3%

1,380,028 and 82,819 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 78.7% vs 86.5%

1,430,112 and 74,403 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 73.4% vs 83.6%

1,318,664 and 57,895 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 68.6% vs 80.7%

1,160,634 and 42,047 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 64.2% vs 77.9%

984,139 and 29,275 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 60.3% vs 75.6%

806,742 and 18,725 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 57.2% vs 73.2%

639,915 and 11,913 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 54.7% vs 72.9%

488,592 and 7,245 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 52.2% vs 69.8%

703,893 and 7,501 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 50.2% vs 66.9%

275,482 and 1,982 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 Mk7 fails more often on

Tyre

Fails about 1.5 times as often as the Hyundai i20 Mk2: 8.0% of MOTs against 4.9%.

In 11 of 12 mileage bands · Tyre Wear & Damage
Stop lamp

Fails about 4 times as often as the Hyundai i20 Mk2: 3.7% of MOTs against 0.91%.

In 11 of 12 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Headlamp

Fails about 3 times as often as the Hyundai i20 Mk2: 4.3% of MOTs against 1.8%.

In 11 of 12 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

Hyundai i20 Mk2 fails more often on

Rear brake pad

Fails over 20 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 1.6% of MOTs against 0.04%.

In 9 of 12 mileage bands · Braking System
Parking brake

Fails about 4 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 2.2% of MOTs against 0.65%.

In 8 of 12 mileage bands · Braking System

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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.