MOT comparison

Toyota Yaris Mk4 vs Renault Clio Mk5

How the Toyota Yaris Mk4 (2020–2026) and the Renault Clio Mk5 (2019–2026) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Toyota Yaris Mk4

192,537

MOT tests compared · built 2020–2026

Passes more often in 8 of 8 mileage bands

Renault Clio Mk5

93,767

MOT tests compared · built 2019–2026

Passes more often in 0 of 8 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Toyota Yaris Mk4 Renault Clio Mk5

Under 10,000 miles 96.0% vs 94.7%

24,251 and 9,090 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 93.5% vs 89.3%

65,361 and 26,939 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 91.3% vs 84.4%

54,407 and 25,014 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 89.5% vs 82.1%

27,736 and 15,934 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 88.7% vs 80.3%

12,079 and 9,119 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 85.9% vs 78.8%

5,189 and 4,527 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 85.8% vs 76.8%

2,357 and 2,094 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 85.2% vs 76.8%

1,157 and 1,050 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 Mk4 fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Renault Clio Mk5.

Renault Clio Mk5 fails more often on

Tyre

Fails about twice as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk4: 6.3% of MOTs against 3.5%.

In 7 of 8 mileage bands · Tyre Wear & Damage
Front brake pad

Fails over 20 times as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk4: 2.1% of MOTs against 0.03%.

In 6 of 8 mileage bands · Braking System

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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.