MOT comparison

Toyota Aygo Mk2 vs Kia Picanto Mk3

How the Toyota Aygo Mk2 (2014–2022) and the Kia Picanto Mk3 (JA) (2017–2026) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Toyota Aygo Mk2

897,380

MOT tests compared · built 2014–2022

Passes more often in 8 of 9 mileage bands

Kia Picanto Mk3 (JA)

279,912

MOT tests compared · built 2017–2026

Passes more often in 0 of 9 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Toyota Aygo Mk2 Kia Picanto Mk3

Under 10,000 miles 94.8% vs 94.1%

88,809 and 49,682 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 91.4% vs 89.5%

210,331 and 88,154 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 87.5% vs 84.9%

204,611 and 65,254 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 85.5% vs 81.8%

153,244 and 37,701 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 83.6% vs 79.0%

102,263 and 20,130 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 80.8% vs 76.1%

64,527 and 10,232 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 78.2% vs 72.9%

38,585 and 5,075 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 75.6% vs 69.7%

22,365 and 2,470 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 72.8% vs 70.1%

12,645 and 1,214 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 Mk2 fails more often on

Front brake disc

Fails about 10 times as often as the Kia Picanto Mk3: 1.1% of MOTs against 0.19%.

In 6 of 9 mileage bands · Braking System
Parking brake

Fails about 5 times as often as the Kia Picanto Mk3: 2.0% of MOTs against 0.42%.

In 5 of 9 mileage bands · Braking System
Rear brakes

Fails about 7 times as often as the Kia Picanto Mk3: 1.2% of MOTs against 0.12%.

In 5 of 9 mileage bands · Braking System

Kia Picanto Mk3 fails more often on

Windscreen washer

Fails about twice as often as the Toyota Aygo Mk2: 2.0% of MOTs against 1.1%.

In 8 of 9 mileage bands · Driver's View
Fuel system

Fails over 20 times as often as the Toyota Aygo Mk2: 1.5% of MOTs against 0.00%.

In 7 of 9 mileage bands

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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.