MOT comparison

Ford Focus Mk2 vs Peugeot 308 Mk1

How the Ford Focus Mk2 (2004–2011) and the Peugeot 308 Mk1 (T7) (2007–2013) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Focus Mk2

9,003,119

MOT tests compared · built 2004–2011

Passes more often in 10 of 16 mileage bands

Peugeot 308 Mk1 (T7)

1,304,066

MOT tests compared · built 2007–2013

Passes more often in 4 of 16 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Ford Focus Mk2 Peugeot 308 Mk1

Under 10,000 miles 90.9% vs 91.9%

66,723 and 9,233 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.9% vs 88.5%

322,871 and 49,284 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 86.8% vs 83.1%

645,338 and 103,475 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 82.5% vs 77.7%

817,774 and 133,864 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 77.9% vs 73.2%

871,984 and 140,840 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 73.1% vs 68.5%

883,929 and 140,126 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 68.6% vs 64.4%

869,408 and 134,560 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 64.4% vs 60.3%

837,313 and 123,539 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 60.8% vs 57.5%

778,187 and 107,544 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 58.0% vs 55.3%

695,066 and 90,467 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 54.8% vs 53.5%

1,251,550 and 150,752 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 51.8% vs 51.7%

615,907 and 73,072 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 50.3% vs 51.1%

235,817 and 29,448 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 49.6% vs 50.6%

76,351 and 10,929 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 49.9% vs 52.1%

30,556 and 5,737 MOTs

250,000–300,000 miles 51.8% vs 55.1%

4,345 and 1,196 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 Focus Mk2 fails more often on

Rear direction indicator

Fails about 3 times as often as the Peugeot 308 Mk1: 1.5% of MOTs against 0.56%.

In 13 of 16 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Front position lamp

Fails about 4 times as often as the Peugeot 308 Mk1: 6.0% of MOTs against 1.7%.

In 10 of 16 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Rear coil spring

Fails about 3 times as often as the Peugeot 308 Mk1: 2.2% of MOTs against 0.74%.

In 9 of 16 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks

Peugeot 308 Mk1 fails more often on

Stop lamp

Fails about twice as often as the Ford Focus Mk2: 3.2% of MOTs against 1.8%.

In 13 of 16 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Rear brakes

Fails about 5 times as often as the Ford Focus Mk2: 1.5% of MOTs against 0.41%.

In 13 of 16 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.