MOT comparison

Ford Focus Mk3 vs Peugeot 308 Mk2

How the Ford Focus Mk3 (2011–2018) and the Peugeot 308 Mk2 (T9) (2013–2021) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Focus Mk3

4,402,629

MOT tests compared · built 2011–2018

Passes more often in 5 of 14 mileage bands

Peugeot 308 Mk2 (T9)

551,161

MOT tests compared · built 2013–2021

Passes more often in 5 of 14 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Ford Focus Mk3 Peugeot 308 Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 94.4% vs 93.8%

62,286 and 7,925 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 92.0% vs 91.4%

278,250 and 36,151 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 88.6% vs 87.0%

498,515 and 65,717 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 85.1% vs 83.0%

574,842 and 76,551 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 81.7% vs 79.3%

564,789 and 73,904 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 78.0% vs 75.7%

516,290 and 66,063 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 74.2% vs 72.8%

451,972 and 55,706 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 70.5% vs 70.0%

377,042 and 45,515 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 67.5% vs 67.9%

301,793 and 35,255 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 65.3% vs 67.1%

230,842 and 26,892 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 62.6% vs 65.6%

338,483 and 38,950 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 60.4% vs 63.9%

138,833 and 15,337 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 59.5% vs 64.1%

50,834 and 5,363 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 58.4% vs 62.4%

17,858 and 1,832 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 Mk3 fails more often on

Side repeater

Fails about 3 times as often as the Peugeot 308 Mk2: 1.0% of MOTs against 0.37%.

In 11 of 14 mileage bands
Front position lamp

Fails about 8 times as often as the Peugeot 308 Mk2: 4.0% of MOTs against 0.49%.

In 10 of 14 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Front coil spring

Fails about twice as often as the Peugeot 308 Mk2: 3.6% of MOTs against 1.8%.

In 9 of 14 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks

Peugeot 308 Mk2 fails more often on

Front ball joint

Fails about 6 times as often as the Ford Focus Mk3: 2.7% of MOTs against 0.63%.

In 12 of 14 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints
Registration plate

Fails about 6 times as often as the Ford Focus Mk3: 2.3% of MOTs against 0.45%.

In 12 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.