MOT comparison

Volkswagen Golf Mk6 vs Vauxhall Astra Mk6

How the Volkswagen Golf Mk6 (2008–2012) and the Vauxhall Astra Mk6 (2009–2015) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Volkswagen Golf Mk6

2,924,696

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2012

Passes more often in 14 of 16 mileage bands

Vauxhall Astra Mk6

3,955,201

MOT tests compared · built 2009–2015

Passes more often in 0 of 16 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Volkswagen Golf Mk6 Vauxhall Astra Mk6

Under 10,000 miles 92.0% vs 92.5%

16,904 and 35,509 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.9% vs 89.9%

88,426 and 170,415 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 87.9% vs 85.1%

185,612 and 324,320 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 85.9% vs 80.6%

244,761 and 411,451 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 83.1% vs 76.6%

266,121 and 442,172 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 79.8% vs 72.8%

271,625 and 438,964 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 76.7% vs 69.7%

267,744 and 416,078 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 73.8% vs 67.1%

256,772 and 377,660 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 71.0% vs 65.0%

240,013 and 328,457 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 68.5% vs 63.3%

218,061 and 271,331 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 65.5% vs 61.5%

422,835 and 433,354 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 62.9% vs 60.1%

251,262 and 190,620 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 61.2% vs 59.1%

121,359 and 72,589 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 60.0% vs 58.2%

48,076 and 26,111 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 59.3% vs 58.1%

22,283 and 13,583 MOTs

250,000–300,000 miles 60.7% vs 58.8%

2,842 and 2,587 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

Volkswagen Golf Mk6 fails more often on

Side repeater

Fails over 20 times as often as the Vauxhall Astra Mk6: 1.3% of MOTs against 0.06%.

In 14 of 16 mileage bands
Front coil spring

Fails about 3 times as often as the Vauxhall Astra Mk6: 2.6% of MOTs against 0.83%.

In 12 of 16 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks
Front ball joint

Fails about twice as often as the Vauxhall Astra Mk6: 3.4% of MOTs against 1.7%.

In 11 of 16 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints

Vauxhall Astra Mk6 fails more often on

Rear coil spring

Fails about 4 times as often as the Volkswagen Golf Mk6: 5.7% of MOTs against 1.6%.

In 15 of 16 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks
Windscreen washer

Fails about twice as often as the Volkswagen Golf Mk6: 2.7% of MOTs against 1.3%.

In 15 of 16 mileage bands · Driver's View

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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.

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