MOT comparison

Ford Fiesta Mk8 vs Volkswagen Polo Mk6

How the Ford Fiesta Mk8 (2017–2023) and the Volkswagen Polo Mk6 (AW/BZ) (2017–2026) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Fiesta Mk8

1,287,882

MOT tests compared · built 2017–2023

Passes more often in 9 of 11 mileage bands

Volkswagen Polo Mk6 (AW/BZ)

690,610

MOT tests compared · built 2017–2026

Passes more often in 1 of 11 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Ford Fiesta Mk8 Volkswagen Polo Mk6

Under 10,000 miles 93.0% vs 94.4%

94,362 and 46,000 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 90.9% vs 90.9%

280,731 and 148,527 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 87.8% vs 86.3%

300,651 and 168,886 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 85.0% vs 82.4%

233,601 and 129,369 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 82.4% vs 79.3%

159,340 and 86,208 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 80.4% vs 76.2%

98,803 and 52,472 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 77.9% vs 73.9%

56,848 and 29,374 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 75.8% vs 72.2%

31,075 and 15,433 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 74.1% vs 70.1%

16,503 and 7,706 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 73.0% vs 68.9%

8,536 and 3,796 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 71.3% vs 68.7%

7,432 and 2,839 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 Mk8 fails more often on

Headlamp

Fails about 1.5 times as often as the Volkswagen Polo Mk6: 3.3% of MOTs against 1.9%.

In 7 of 11 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Rear brake pad

Fails about 6 times as often as the Volkswagen Polo Mk6: 0.97% of MOTs against 0.15%.

In 7 of 11 mileage bands · Braking System
Engine management light

Fails about 3 times as often as the Volkswagen Polo Mk6: 1.6% of MOTs against 0.59%.

In 6 of 11 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights

Volkswagen Polo Mk6 fails more often on

Front track rod end

Fails over 20 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk8: 5.6% of MOTs against 0.08%.

In 11 of 11 mileage bands · Steering Issues
Windscreen wiper

Fails about 5 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk8: 1.9% of MOTs against 0.53%.

In 7 of 11 mileage bands · Driver's View

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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.