MOT comparison

Kia Niro 1st Gen vs Toyota C-HR 1st Gen

How the Kia Niro 1st Gen (2016–2022) and the Toyota C-HR 1st Gen (AX10/AX50) (2016–2023) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Kia Niro 1st Gen

355,956

MOT tests compared · built 2016–2022

Passes more often in 10 of 13 mileage bands

Toyota C-HR 1st Gen (AX10/AX50)

464,582

MOT tests compared · built 2016–2023

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.

Kia Niro 1st Gen Toyota C-HR 1st Gen

Under 10,000 miles 94.9% vs 95.4%

11,965 and 15,751 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 91.6% vs 93.2%

45,462 and 72,310 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 89.0% vs 89.3%

65,678 and 98,656 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 87.6% vs 86.3%

59,867 and 86,269 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 86.7% vs 84.2%

46,484 and 65,622 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 86.3% vs 82.7%

33,664 and 46,359 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 85.9% vs 81.3%

24,172 and 29,995 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 85.9% vs 80.2%

17,490 and 18,856 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 86.0% vs 80.6%

12,807 and 11,747 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 84.9% vs 79.1%

9,782 and 7,109 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 84.4% vs 79.0%

15,519 and 8,047 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 84.0% vs 79.1%

8,422 and 2,760 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 82.8% vs 79.7%

4,644 and 1,101 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

Kia Niro 1st Gen fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Toyota C-HR 1st Gen.

Toyota C-HR 1st Gen fails more often on

Headlamp

Fails about 3 times as often as the Kia Niro 1st Gen: 3.2% of MOTs against 1.3%.

In 8 of 13 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Windscreen wiper

Fails about twice as often as the Kia Niro 1st Gen: 4.0% of MOTs against 2.2%.

In 8 of 13 mileage bands · Driver's View

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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.