MOT comparison

Toyota Yaris Mk2 vs Vauxhall Corsa D

How the Toyota Yaris Mk2 (2005–2011) and the Vauxhall Corsa D (Mk4) (2006–2014) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Toyota Yaris Mk2

2,162,265

MOT tests compared · built 2005–2011

Passes more often in 14 of 15 mileage bands

Vauxhall Corsa D (Mk4)

7,712,323

MOT tests compared · built 2006–2014

Passes more often in 0 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Toyota Yaris Mk2 Vauxhall Corsa D

Under 10,000 miles 93.3% vs 88.5%

49,928 and 113,094 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 90.6% vs 83.3%

177,327 and 496,812 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 86.8% vs 77.0%

246,520 and 855,427 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 82.2% vs 71.7%

255,508 and 968,407 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 77.4% vs 66.8%

245,697 and 960,914 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 72.5% vs 62.3%

228,207 and 905,912 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 68.0% vs 58.7%

205,917 and 821,302 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 64.0% vs 55.8%

179,051 and 710,435 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 60.8% vs 53.9%

148,948 and 580,717 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 58.2% vs 52.3%

119,528 and 444,418 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 55.6% vs 50.9%

183,837 and 598,623 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 53.3% vs 49.9%

78,876 and 188,558 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 51.7% vs 49.9%

28,573 and 49,909 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 51.3% vs 50.1%

9,824 and 12,841 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 52.4% vs 51.6%

4,524 and 4,954 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 Yaris Mk2 fails more often on

Rear wheel bearing

Fails about 8 times as often as the Vauxhall Corsa D: 1.7% of MOTs against 0.22%.

In 12 of 15 mileage bands
Rear brake pipe

Fails over 20 times as often as the Vauxhall Corsa D: 1.8% of MOTs against 0.05%.

In 11 of 15 mileage bands · Braking System
Windscreen wiper

Fails about twice as often as the Vauxhall Corsa D: 4.4% of MOTs against 2.4%.

In 8 of 15 mileage bands · Driver's View

Vauxhall Corsa D fails more often on

Windscreen washer

Fails about twice as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk2: 3.9% of MOTs against 2.0%.

In 15 of 15 mileage bands · Driver's View
Stop lamp

Fails about twice as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk2: 3.6% of MOTs against 1.7%.

In 14 of 15 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

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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.