MOT comparison

Hyundai i10 Mk2 vs Kia Picanto Mk2

How the Hyundai i10 Mk2 (2013–2019) and the Kia Picanto Mk2 (TA) (2011–2017) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Hyundai i10 Mk2

992,651

MOT tests compared · built 2013–2019

Passes more often in 10 of 12 mileage bands

Kia Picanto Mk2 (TA)

761,572

MOT tests compared · built 2011–2017

Passes more often in 0 of 12 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Hyundai i10 Mk2 Kia Picanto Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 92.3% vs 92.2%

87,511 and 49,681 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 88.7% vs 87.8%

209,856 and 133,901 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 83.9% vs 82.7%

208,845 and 147,271 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 80.4% vs 77.0%

168,410 and 125,121 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 77.5% vs 71.9%

119,491 and 96,955 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 74.7% vs 68.3%

79,027 and 72,161 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 71.6% vs 64.2%

50,020 and 50,987 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 69.2% vs 61.2%

30,285 and 34,077 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 66.9% vs 58.6%

18,055 and 21,948 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 65.2% vs 56.7%

10,207 and 13,249 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 62.2% vs 54.3%

9,124 and 13,265 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 59.6% vs 52.1%

1,820 and 2,956 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 Mk2 fails more often on

Stop lamp

Fails about 4 times as often as the Kia Picanto Mk2: 2.3% of MOTs against 0.63%.

In 8 of 12 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Rear brake disc

Fails about 3 times as often as the Kia Picanto Mk2: 1.7% of MOTs against 0.72%.

In 8 of 12 mileage bands · Braking System
ABS

Fails about 4 times as often as the Kia Picanto Mk2: 0.97% of MOTs against 0.23%.

In 7 of 12 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights

Kia Picanto Mk2 fails more often on

Parking brake

Fails about twice as often as the Hyundai i10 Mk2: 5.4% of MOTs against 2.6%.

In 11 of 12 mileage bands · Braking System
Front coil spring

Fails over 20 times as often as the Hyundai i10 Mk2: 1.8% of MOTs against 0.04%.

In 11 of 12 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks

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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.