MOT comparison

SEAT Leon Mk2 vs Audi A3 8P

How the SEAT Leon Mk2 (1P) (2005–2012) and the Audi A3 8P (2nd Gen) (2003–2012) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

SEAT Leon Mk2 (1P)

883,889

MOT tests compared · built 2005–2012

Passes more often in 5 of 15 mileage bands

Audi A3 8P (2nd Gen)

3,263,605

MOT tests compared · built 2003–2012

Passes more often in 5 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

SEAT Leon Mk2 Audi A3 8P

Under 10,000 miles 89.5% vs 90.5%

2,440 and 10,932 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 91.1% vs 90.6%

17,836 and 67,790 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 88.4% vs 87.3%

44,831 and 153,714 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 85.1% vs 84.6%

62,525 and 211,907 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 81.2% vs 81.4%

71,874 and 241,989 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 77.2% vs 78.1%

75,833 and 259,322 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 73.4% vs 74.8%

78,082 and 267,891 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 69.9% vs 71.8%

78,624 and 271,014 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 67.0% vs 69.0%

76,311 and 268,696 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 64.9% vs 66.5%

72,363 and 257,494 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 62.6% vs 63.0%

147,350 and 546,841 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 61.6% vs 59.6%

90,841 and 373,161 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 60.6% vs 57.4%

42,903 and 204,854 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 59.7% vs 56.0%

15,826 and 88,064 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 60.1% vs 55.5%

6,250 and 39,936 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

SEAT Leon Mk2 fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Audi A3 8P.

Audi A3 8P fails more often on

Stop lamp

Fails about 1.5 times as often as the SEAT Leon Mk2: 1.8% of MOTs against 1.0%.

In 14 of 15 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Front constant velocity joint gaiter

Fails about twice as often as the SEAT Leon Mk2: 1.6% of MOTs against 0.82%.

In 11 of 15 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints

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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.