MOT comparison

Peugeot 208 Mk1 vs Citroen C3 Mk2

How the Peugeot 208 Mk1 (2012–2019) and the Citroen C3 Mk2 (2009–2016) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Peugeot 208 Mk1

1,617,387

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2019

Passes more often in 14 of 14 mileage bands

Citroen C3 Mk2

1,222,042

MOT tests compared · built 2009–2016

Passes more often in 0 of 14 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Peugeot 208 Mk1 Citroen C3 Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 95.4% vs 91.3%

44,879 and 28,429 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 91.5% vs 86.7%

175,453 and 113,372 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 85.9% vs 80.6%

253,514 and 163,409 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 79.9% vs 74.9%

255,925 and 168,553 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 74.9% vs 69.8%

226,303 and 156,182 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 69.9% vs 64.7%

189,998 and 137,383 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 65.9% vs 60.1%

150,114 and 116,288 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 62.5% vs 56.4%

111,694 and 94,048 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 59.5% vs 53.8%

77,731 and 73,402 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 57.7% vs 51.5%

51,282 and 54,769 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 56.5% vs 49.7%

58,700 and 77,743 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 56.1% vs 48.2%

16,354 and 27,694 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 55.5% vs 47.4%

4,255 and 8,286 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 55.8% vs 48.2%

1,185 and 2,484 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

Peugeot 208 Mk1 fails more often on

Engine management light

Fails about 3 times as often as the Citroen C3 Mk2: 3.6% of MOTs against 1.4%.

In 10 of 14 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights
Lambda

Fails about 4 times as often as the Citroen C3 Mk2: 3.0% of MOTs against 0.63%.

In 9 of 14 mileage bands · Exhaust & Emissions
Side repeater

Fails about 6 times as often as the Citroen C3 Mk2: 0.82% of MOTs against 0.14%.

In 9 of 14 mileage bands

Citroen C3 Mk2 fails more often on

Windscreen wiper

Fails about 3 times as often as the Peugeot 208 Mk1: 2.6% of MOTs against 0.64%.

In 12 of 14 mileage bands · Driver's View
Front position lamp

Fails about 8 times as often as the Peugeot 208 Mk1: 5.7% of MOTs against 0.76%.

In 11 of 14 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.