MOT comparison

Volkswagen Golf Mk8 vs Skoda Octavia Mk4

How the Volkswagen Golf Mk8 (2019–2026) and the Skoda Octavia Mk4 (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

318,623

MOT tests compared · built 2019–2026

Passes more often in 0 of 11 mileage bands

Skoda Octavia Mk4

49,759

MOT tests compared · built 2020–2026

Passes more often in 4 of 11 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Volkswagen Golf Mk8 Skoda Octavia Mk4

Under 10,000 miles 96.2% vs 97.6%

12,211 and 1,761 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 93.8% vs 94.2%

55,437 and 5,431 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 91.9% vs 92.1%

79,726 and 9,222 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 90.5% vs 89.9%

67,409 and 9,362 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 89.1% vs 88.2%

45,266 and 7,407 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 87.3% vs 86.7%

27,022 and 5,382 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 85.5% vs 86.7%

15,128 and 3,756 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 83.6% vs 84.5%

8,088 and 2,586 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 83.4% vs 84.0%

4,247 and 1,820 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 82.2% vs 83.9%

2,214 and 1,236 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 82.2% vs 84.5%

1,875 and 1,796 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 Skoda Octavia Mk4.

Skoda Octavia Mk4 fails more often on

Headlamp

Fails about twice as often as the Volkswagen Golf Mk8: 1.6% of MOTs against 0.66%.

In 6 of 11 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

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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.