MOT comparison

Ford Ka Mk2 vs Fiat 500 Modern

How the Ford Ka Mk2 (2008–2016) and the Fiat 500 Modern (Series 0-8) (2007–2020) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Ka Mk2

1,562,734

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2016

Passes more often in 7 of 13 mileage bands

Fiat 500 Modern (Series 0-8)

3,403,418

MOT tests compared · built 2007–2020

Passes more often in 1 of 13 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Ford Ka Mk2 Fiat 500 Modern

Under 10,000 miles 93.1% vs 92.0%

63,146 and 121,598 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 87.6% vs 86.4%

195,671 and 416,294 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 82.1% vs 79.9%

247,624 and 560,549 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 76.8% vs 74.0%

237,523 and 542,410 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 71.6% vs 68.3%

209,503 and 470,786 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 66.6% vs 63.9%

176,753 and 384,471 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 62.3% vs 60.3%

141,344 and 298,051 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 58.5% vs 57.7%

105,446 and 219,904 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 56.1% vs 55.4%

74,083 and 152,326 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 53.7% vs 54.0%

47,917 and 100,115 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 51.6% vs 52.5%

50,033 and 107,896 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 50.2% vs 51.4%

11,240 and 24,123 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 50.0% vs 50.2%

2,451 and 4,895 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 Ka Mk2 fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Fiat 500 Modern.

Fiat 500 Modern fails more often on

Headlamp aim

Fails about 3 times as often as the Ford Ka Mk2: 2.2% of MOTs against 0.78%.

In 10 of 13 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Doors and door catches

Fails about 7 times as often as the Ford Ka Mk2: 1.00% of MOTs against 0.14%.

In 8 of 13 mileage bands

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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.