MOT comparison

Ford Fiesta Mk7 vs Peugeot 208 Mk1

How the Ford Fiesta Mk7 (2008–2017) and the Peugeot 208 Mk1 (2012–2019) 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

10,438,774

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2017

Passes more often in 0 of 14 mileage bands

Peugeot 208 Mk1

1,617,387

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2019

Passes more often in 14 of 14 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Ford Fiesta Mk7 Peugeot 208 Mk1

Under 10,000 miles 93.8% vs 95.4%

212,563 and 44,879 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.7% vs 91.5%

911,692 and 175,453 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 84.3% vs 85.9%

1,380,028 and 253,514 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 78.7% vs 79.9%

1,430,112 and 255,925 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 73.4% vs 74.9%

1,318,664 and 226,303 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 68.6% vs 69.9%

1,160,634 and 189,998 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 64.2% vs 65.9%

984,139 and 150,114 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 60.3% vs 62.5%

806,742 and 111,694 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 57.2% vs 59.5%

639,915 and 77,731 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 54.7% vs 57.7%

488,592 and 51,282 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 52.2% vs 56.5%

703,893 and 58,700 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 50.2% vs 56.1%

275,482 and 16,354 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 49.6% vs 55.5%

94,985 and 4,255 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 50.1% vs 55.8%

31,333 and 1,185 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

Stop lamp

Fails about 4 times as often as the Peugeot 208 Mk1: 3.8% of MOTs against 1.3%.

In 12 of 14 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Front position lamp

Fails about 5 times as often as the Peugeot 208 Mk1: 4.3% of MOTs against 0.82%.

In 10 of 14 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Stub axles

Fails over 20 times as often as the Peugeot 208 Mk1: 1.4% of MOTs against 0.01%.

In 10 of 14 mileage bands

Peugeot 208 Mk1 fails more often on

Front drive shaft

Fails about 14 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 4.3% of MOTs against 0.41%.

In 12 of 14 mileage bands
Registration plate

Fails about 6 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 2.6% of MOTs against 0.71%.

In 11 of 14 mileage bands · Number Plates

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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.