MOT comparison

Volkswagen Golf Mk8 vs Audi A3 8Y

How the Volkswagen Golf Mk8 (2019–2026) and the Audi A3 8Y (4th Gen) (2020–2026) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Volkswagen Golf Mk8

314,534

MOT tests compared · built 2019–2026

Passes more often in 8 of 9 mileage bands

Audi A3 8Y (4th Gen)

113,140

MOT tests compared · built 2020–2026

Passes more often in 0 of 9 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Volkswagen Golf Mk8 Audi A3 8Y

Under 10,000 miles 96.2% vs 95.4%

12,211 and 3,766 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 93.8% vs 92.1%

55,437 and 21,184 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 91.9% vs 89.2%

79,726 and 31,668 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 90.5% vs 88.5%

67,409 and 25,096 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 89.1% vs 87.2%

45,266 and 15,032 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 87.3% vs 85.4%

27,022 and 8,237 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 85.5% vs 84.2%

15,128 and 4,433 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 83.6% vs 82.2%

8,088 and 2,384 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 83.4% vs 82.2%

4,247 and 1,340 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 Mk8 fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Audi A3 8Y.

Audi A3 8Y fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Volkswagen Golf Mk8.

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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.