MOT comparison

Toyota Aygo Mk1 vs Kia Picanto Mk1

How the Toyota Aygo Mk1 (2005–2014) and the Kia Picanto Mk1 (SA) (2004–2011) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Toyota Aygo Mk1

1,733,722

MOT tests compared · built 2005–2014

Passes more often in 13 of 13 mileage bands

Kia Picanto Mk1 (SA)

1,128,191

MOT tests compared · built 2004–2011

Passes more often in 0 of 13 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Toyota Aygo Mk1 Kia Picanto Mk1

Under 10,000 miles 91.8% vs 90.2%

54,770 and 50,348 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 88.4% vs 84.3%

168,560 and 134,489 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 84.4% vs 78.5%

230,213 and 163,378 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 80.0% vs 71.3%

239,140 and 158,666 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 75.2% vs 64.5%

222,026 and 143,333 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 70.2% vs 58.7%

195,487 and 124,627 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 65.5% vs 54.0%

165,767 and 102,998 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 61.3% vs 50.5%

134,431 and 81,449 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 57.6% vs 48.0%

104,064 and 60,811 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 54.9% vs 45.6%

76,872 and 42,347 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 51.3% vs 44.4%

101,445 and 49,744 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 48.3% vs 42.9%

32,256 and 13,065 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 48.0% vs 39.7%

8,691 and 2,936 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

Toyota Aygo Mk1 fails more often on

Front brake pad

Fails about twice as often as the Kia Picanto Mk1: 2.1% of MOTs against 0.82%.

In 11 of 13 mileage bands · Braking System
Headlamp aim

Fails about twice as often as the Kia Picanto Mk1: 2.3% of MOTs against 1.2%.

In 11 of 13 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Front brake disc

Fails about twice as often as the Kia Picanto Mk1: 1.2% of MOTs against 0.52%.

In 11 of 13 mileage bands · Braking System

Kia Picanto Mk1 fails more often on

Parking brake

Fails about 5 times as often as the Toyota Aygo Mk1: 10.0% of MOTs against 2.6%.

In 12 of 13 mileage bands · Braking System
Rear coil spring

Fails over 20 times as often as the Toyota Aygo Mk1: 1.9% of MOTs against 0.06%.

In 12 of 13 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks

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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.