MOT comparison

Toyota Yaris Mk4 vs Volkswagen Polo Mk6

How the Toyota Yaris Mk4 (2020–2026) and the Volkswagen Polo Mk6 (AW/BZ) (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 Yaris Mk4

192,537

MOT tests compared · built 2020–2026

Passes more often in 8 of 8 mileage bands

Volkswagen Polo Mk6 (AW/BZ)

676,269

MOT tests compared · built 2017–2026

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 Volkswagen Polo Mk6

Under 10,000 miles 96.0% vs 94.4%

24,251 and 46,000 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 93.5% vs 90.9%

65,361 and 148,527 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 91.3% vs 86.3%

54,407 and 168,886 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 89.5% vs 82.4%

27,736 and 129,369 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 88.7% vs 79.3%

12,079 and 86,208 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 85.9% vs 76.2%

5,189 and 52,472 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 85.8% vs 73.9%

2,357 and 29,374 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 85.2% vs 72.2%

1,157 and 15,433 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 Volkswagen Polo Mk6.

Volkswagen Polo Mk6 fails more often on

Front track rod end

Fails over 20 times as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk4: 4.6% of MOTs against 0.00%.

In 8 of 8 mileage bands · Steering Issues
Front brake pad

Fails over 20 times as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk4: 1.7% of MOTs against 0.03%.

In 5 of 8 mileage bands · Braking System

Own one of these?

Enter your registration to see your own car's MOT history, its predicted pass chance and what usually fails next at its mileage.

Check a car's MOT Compare the Toyota Yaris Mk4 with another model

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.