MOT comparison

Ford Fiesta Mk7 vs Vauxhall Corsa E

How the Ford Fiesta Mk7 (2008–2017) and the Vauxhall Corsa E (Mk5) (2014–2019) 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 4 of 14 mileage bands

Vauxhall Corsa E (Mk5)

2,330,097

MOT tests compared · built 2014–2019

Passes more often in 10 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 Vauxhall Corsa E

Under 10,000 miles 93.8% vs 88.9%

212,563 and 88,975 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.7% vs 84.9%

911,692 and 315,447 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 84.3% vs 80.5%

1,380,028 and 432,280 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 78.7% vs 77.4%

1,430,112 and 405,089 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 73.4% vs 74.4%

1,318,664 and 332,347 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 68.6% vs 71.0%

1,160,634 and 252,812 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 64.2% vs 67.9%

984,139 and 180,917 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 60.3% vs 65.2%

806,742 and 123,062 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 57.2% vs 63.1%

639,915 and 79,349 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 54.7% vs 61.7%

488,592 and 49,088 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 52.2% vs 60.6%

703,893 and 51,630 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 50.2% vs 61.2%

275,482 and 13,857 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 49.6% vs 61.9%

94,985 and 4,047 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 50.1% vs 61.0%

31,333 and 1,197 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 14 times as often as the Vauxhall Corsa E: 3.8% of MOTs against 0.36%.

In 13 of 14 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Front suspension arm

Fails about 8 times as often as the Vauxhall Corsa E: 4.8% of MOTs against 0.66%.

In 11 of 14 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints
Front position lamp

Fails about 10 times as often as the Vauxhall Corsa E: 4.3% of MOTs against 0.43%.

In 10 of 14 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

Vauxhall Corsa E fails more often on

Engine management light

Fails about 6 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 3.2% of MOTs against 0.75%.

In 12 of 14 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights
Shock absorbers

Fails about 5 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 2.2% of MOTs against 0.51%.

In 11 of 14 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks

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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.