MOT comparison

Mazda 2 Mk1 vs Ford Fiesta Mk6

How the Mazda 2 Mk1 (DY) (2002–2007) and the Ford Fiesta Mk6 (2002–2008) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Mazda 2 Mk1 (DY)

249,393

MOT tests compared · built 2002–2007

Passes more often in 10 of 13 mileage bands

Ford Fiesta Mk6

8,666,167

MOT tests compared · built 2002–2008

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.

Mazda 2 Mk1 Ford Fiesta Mk6

Under 10,000 miles 92.2% vs 91.2%

5,611 and 125,659 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 90.0% vs 88.7%

22,173 and 522,168 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 86.0% vs 83.7%

30,521 and 848,566 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 82.0% vs 78.5%

31,720 and 954,674 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 76.9% vs 73.1%

30,211 and 955,553 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 72.0% vs 68.0%

27,364 and 920,883 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 66.0% vs 63.6%

24,043 and 865,255 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 62.3% vs 59.4%

20,470 and 790,466 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 58.4% vs 55.8%

16,548 and 692,142 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 54.6% vs 53.0%

12,921 and 577,790 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 50.7% vs 50.1%

18,932 and 919,910 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 46.7% vs 47.9%

6,867 and 371,919 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 47.9% vs 47.5%

2,012 and 121,182 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

Mazda 2 Mk1 fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Ford Fiesta Mk6.

Ford Fiesta Mk6 fails more often on

Stop lamp

Fails about 3 times as often as the Mazda 2 Mk1: 5.6% of MOTs against 2.1%.

In 13 of 13 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Rear direction indicator

Fails about 12 times as often as the Mazda 2 Mk1: 1.3% of MOTs against 0.10%.

In 9 of 13 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.