MOT comparison
Vauxhall Astra Mk7 vs Peugeot 308 Mk2
How the Vauxhall Astra Mk7 (2015–2022) and the Peugeot 308 Mk2 (T9) (2013–2021) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.
Vauxhall Astra Mk7
1,099,546
MOT tests compared · built 2015–2022
Passes more often in 12 of 14 mileage bands
Peugeot 308 Mk2 (T9)
551,161
MOT tests compared · built 2013–2021
Passes more often in 0 of 14 mileage bands
MOT pass rate by mileage
Share of MOTs passed first time, at the mileage recorded at the test.
26,154 and 7,925 MOTs
101,464 and 36,151 MOTs
167,738 and 65,717 MOTs
180,480 and 76,551 MOTs
163,018 and 73,904 MOTs
133,738 and 66,063 MOTs
102,700 and 55,706 MOTs
74,843 and 45,515 MOTs
52,102 and 35,255 MOTs
35,087 and 26,892 MOTs
42,340 and 38,950 MOTs
13,875 and 15,337 MOTs
4,502 and 5,363 MOTs
1,505 and 1,832 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
Vauxhall Astra Mk7 fails more often on
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Rear position lamp
Fails about 16 times as often as the Peugeot 308 Mk2: 1.2% of MOTs against 0.09%.
In 10 of 14 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
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Engine management light
Fails about twice as often as the Peugeot 308 Mk2: 2.1% of MOTs against 1.1%.
In 10 of 14 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights
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Rear stop lamp
Fails about 11 times as often as the Peugeot 308 Mk2: 1.2% of MOTs against 0.18%.
In 10 of 14 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Peugeot 308 Mk2 fails more often on
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Front ball joint
Fails about 4 times as often as the Vauxhall Astra Mk7: 2.7% of MOTs against 0.76%.
In 12 of 14 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints
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Front coil spring
Fails over 20 times as often as the Vauxhall Astra Mk7: 2.3% of MOTs against 0.02%.
In 11 of 14 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks
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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.