MOT comparison

Skoda Citigo 1st Gen vs Kia Picanto Mk2

How the Skoda Citigo 1st Gen (2012–2020) and the Kia Picanto Mk2 (TA) (2011–2017) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Skoda Citigo 1st Gen

446,658

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2020

Passes more often in 12 of 12 mileage bands

Kia Picanto Mk2 (TA)

761,572

MOT tests compared · built 2011–2017

Passes more often in 0 of 12 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Skoda Citigo 1st Gen Kia Picanto Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 93.5% vs 92.2%

26,925 and 49,681 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.7% vs 87.8%

74,726 and 133,901 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 85.9% vs 82.7%

85,534 and 147,271 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 83.3% vs 77.0%

73,568 and 125,121 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 80.8% vs 71.9%

57,655 and 96,955 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 77.8% vs 68.3%

43,015 and 72,161 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 74.6% vs 64.2%

30,379 and 50,987 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 72.1% vs 61.2%

20,520 and 34,077 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 69.1% vs 58.6%

13,411 and 21,948 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 67.1% vs 56.7%

8,554 and 13,249 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 63.2% vs 54.3%

9,677 and 13,265 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 59.4% vs 52.1%

2,694 and 2,956 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

Skoda Citigo 1st Gen fails more often on

Headlamp

Fails about twice as often as the Kia Picanto Mk2: 3.4% of MOTs against 1.8%.

In 12 of 12 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Fuel system

Fails about 19 times as often as the Kia Picanto Mk2: 1.5% of MOTs against 0.08%.

In 11 of 12 mileage bands
Rear brakes

Fails about twice as often as the Kia Picanto Mk2: 3.4% of MOTs against 1.5%.

In 8 of 12 mileage bands · Braking System

Kia Picanto Mk2 fails more often on

Front coil spring

Fails about 4 times as often as the Skoda Citigo 1st Gen: 1.8% of MOTs against 0.48%.

In 11 of 12 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks
Parking brake

Fails about 3 times as often as the Skoda Citigo 1st Gen: 5.1% of MOTs against 1.8%.

In 10 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.