MOT comparison

Toyota C-HR 1st Gen vs Kia Niro 1st Gen

How the Toyota C-HR 1st Gen (AX10/AX50) (2016–2023) and the Kia Niro 1st Gen (2016–2022) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Toyota C-HR 1st Gen (AX10/AX50)

464,582

MOT tests compared · built 2016–2023

Passes more often in 1 of 13 mileage bands

Kia Niro 1st Gen

355,956

MOT tests compared · built 2016–2022

Passes more often in 10 of 13 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Toyota C-HR 1st Gen Kia Niro 1st Gen

Under 10,000 miles 95.4% vs 94.9%

15,751 and 11,965 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 93.2% vs 91.6%

72,310 and 45,462 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 89.3% vs 89.0%

98,656 and 65,678 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 86.3% vs 87.6%

86,269 and 59,867 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 84.2% vs 86.7%

65,622 and 46,484 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 82.7% vs 86.3%

46,359 and 33,664 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 81.3% vs 85.9%

29,995 and 24,172 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 80.2% vs 85.9%

18,856 and 17,490 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 80.6% vs 86.0%

11,747 and 12,807 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 79.1% vs 84.9%

7,109 and 9,782 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 79.0% vs 84.4%

8,047 and 15,519 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 79.1% vs 84.0%

2,760 and 8,422 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 79.7% vs 82.8%

1,101 and 4,644 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 C-HR 1st Gen fails more often on

Headlamp

Fails about 3 times as often as the Kia Niro 1st Gen: 3.2% of MOTs against 1.3%.

In 8 of 13 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Windscreen wiper

Fails about twice as often as the Kia Niro 1st Gen: 4.0% of MOTs against 2.2%.

In 8 of 13 mileage bands · Driver's View
Rear brake pad

Fails about 3 times as often as the Kia Niro 1st Gen: 1.8% of MOTs against 0.57%.

In 8 of 13 mileage bands · Braking System

Kia Niro 1st Gen fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Toyota C-HR 1st Gen.

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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.