MOT comparison

Skoda Octavia Mk3 vs Toyota Auris Mk2

How the Skoda Octavia Mk3 (2013–2020) and the Toyota Auris Mk2 (2012–2018) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Skoda Octavia Mk3

907,560

MOT tests compared · built 2013–2020

Passes more often in 13 of 17 mileage bands

Toyota Auris Mk2

810,774

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2018

Passes more often in 0 of 17 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Skoda Octavia Mk3 Toyota Auris Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 96.0% vs 94.5%

8,554 and 15,484 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 93.9% vs 91.4%

42,937 and 66,472 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 91.7% vs 88.2%

86,011 and 104,363 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 89.7% vs 85.8%

104,774 and 108,196 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 87.8% vs 83.3%

103,620 and 97,190 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 85.9% vs 81.0%

95,237 and 81,851 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 84.0% vs 79.6%

83,076 and 66,018 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 82.2% vs 77.8%

71,528 and 52,193 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 80.6% vs 76.4%

59,973 and 40,711 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 79.5% vs 75.8%

49,465 and 31,547 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 77.6% vs 74.8%

84,356 and 50,990 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 76.2% vs 75.1%

48,297 and 31,014 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 75.3% vs 75.0%

27,847 and 20,791 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 74.6% vs 74.7%

16,630 and 14,812 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 73.1% vs 73.1%

16,826 and 17,762 MOTs

250,000–300,000 miles 72.3% vs 71.8%

6,418 and 8,215 MOTs

300,000–350,000 miles 71.6% vs 70.0%

2,011 and 3,165 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 Octavia Mk3 fails more often on

Engine management light

Fails about twice as often as the Toyota Auris Mk2: 2.7% of MOTs against 0.98%.

In 11 of 17 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights

Toyota Auris Mk2 fails more often on

Registration plate

Fails about 8 times as often as the Skoda Octavia Mk3: 2.0% of MOTs against 0.27%.

In 12 of 17 mileage bands · Number Plates
Windscreen wiper

Fails about 4 times as often as the Skoda Octavia Mk3: 2.3% of MOTs against 0.60%.

In 12 of 17 mileage bands · Driver's View

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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.