MOT comparison

Hyundai i10 Mk1 vs Citroen C1 Mk1

How the Hyundai i10 Mk1 (2007–2013) and the Citroen C1 Mk1 (2005–2014) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Hyundai i10 Mk1

1,420,620

MOT tests compared · built 2007–2013

Passes more often in 2 of 13 mileage bands

Citroen C1 Mk1

1,561,259

MOT tests compared · built 2005–2014

Passes more often in 8 of 13 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Hyundai i10 Mk1 Citroen C1 Mk1

Under 10,000 miles 91.3% vs 90.9%

76,586 and 38,376 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 86.0% vs 88.1%

200,444 and 136,142 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 80.1% vs 83.8%

231,492 and 198,787 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 74.8% vs 79.4%

213,600 and 209,133 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 69.6% vs 74.6%

182,707 and 198,030 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 65.6% vs 69.6%

148,254 and 179,212 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 62.0% vs 64.6%

115,698 and 155,428 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 58.8% vs 60.9%

86,271 and 129,436 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 56.3% vs 57.8%

61,140 and 101,086 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 54.2% vs 54.7%

41,073 and 75,424 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 51.9% vs 51.6%

47,554 and 100,596 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 50.0% vs 48.7%

12,726 and 31,330 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 47.9% vs 46.9%

3,075 and 8,279 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

Hyundai i10 Mk1 fails more often on

Stop lamp

Fails about twice as often as the Citroen C1 Mk1: 3.2% of MOTs against 1.6%.

In 12 of 13 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Front ball joint

Fails about 19 times as often as the Citroen C1 Mk1: 2.9% of MOTs against 0.17%.

In 11 of 13 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints
Front suspension arm

Fails about 3 times as often as the Citroen C1 Mk1: 2.5% of MOTs against 1.2%.

In 10 of 13 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints

Citroen C1 Mk1 fails more often on

Headlamp aim

Fails about 3 times as often as the Hyundai i10 Mk1: 2.5% of MOTs against 0.98%.

In 11 of 13 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Front brake disc

Fails about twice as often as the Hyundai i10 Mk1: 1.2% of MOTs against 0.59%.

In 11 of 13 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.