MOT comparison

Hyundai i20 Mk2 vs Ford Fiesta Mk7

How the Hyundai i20 Mk2 (GB) (2014–2020) and the Ford Fiesta Mk7 (2008–2017) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Hyundai i20 Mk2 (GB)

416,788

MOT tests compared · built 2014–2020

Passes more often in 11 of 12 mileage bands

Ford Fiesta Mk7

10,318,942

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2017

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 i20 Mk2 Ford Fiesta Mk7

Under 10,000 miles 93.4% vs 93.8%

18,613 and 212,571 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 92.1% vs 89.7%

64,370 and 911,786 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 89.3% vs 84.3%

82,819 and 1,380,240 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 86.5% vs 78.7%

74,403 and 1,430,492 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 83.6% vs 73.4%

57,895 and 1,319,222 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 80.7% vs 68.5%

42,047 and 1,161,330 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 77.9% vs 64.2%

29,275 and 984,874 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 75.6% vs 60.3%

18,725 and 807,494 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 73.2% vs 57.2%

11,913 and 640,655 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 72.9% vs 54.7%

7,245 and 489,250 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 69.8% vs 52.2%

7,501 and 705,051 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 66.9% vs 50.2%

1,982 and 275,977 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 i20 Mk2 fails more often on

Rear brake pad

Fails over 20 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 1.6% of MOTs against 0.04%.

In 9 of 12 mileage bands · Braking System
Parking brake

Fails about 4 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 2.2% of MOTs against 0.65%.

In 8 of 12 mileage bands · Braking System
Engine management light

Fails about 3 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 1.7% of MOTs against 0.71%.

In 7 of 12 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights

Ford Fiesta Mk7 fails more often on

Tyre

Fails about 1.5 times as often as the Hyundai i20 Mk2: 8.0% of MOTs against 4.9%.

In 11 of 12 mileage bands · Tyre Wear & Damage
Stop lamp

Fails about 4 times as often as the Hyundai i20 Mk2: 3.7% of MOTs against 0.91%.

In 11 of 12 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

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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.