MOT comparison

Kia Picanto Mk2 vs Hyundai i10 Mk2

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

Kia Picanto Mk2 (TA)

761,572

MOT tests compared · built 2011–2017

Passes more often in 0 of 12 mileage bands

Hyundai i10 Mk2

991,619

MOT tests compared · built 2013–2019

Passes more often in 10 of 12 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Kia Picanto Mk2 Hyundai i10 Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 92.2% vs 92.3%

49,681 and 87,485 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 87.8% vs 88.7%

133,901 and 209,756 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 82.7% vs 83.9%

147,271 and 208,696 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 77.0% vs 80.4%

125,121 and 168,247 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 71.9% vs 77.5%

96,955 and 119,340 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 68.3% vs 74.7%

72,161 and 78,889 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 64.2% vs 71.6%

50,987 and 49,903 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 61.2% vs 69.2%

34,077 and 30,217 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 58.6% vs 66.9%

21,948 and 18,014 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 56.7% vs 65.2%

13,249 and 10,177 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 54.3% vs 62.3%

13,265 and 9,082 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 52.1% vs 59.7%

2,956 and 1,813 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 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
Front position lamp

Fails about 7 times as often as the Hyundai i10 Mk2: 5.7% of MOTs against 1.3%.

In 10 of 12 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

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 twice as often as the Kia Picanto Mk2: 1.7% of MOTs against 0.72%.

In 8 of 12 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.