MOT comparison

Volkswagen Passat B7 vs Skoda Superb Mk2

How the Volkswagen Passat B7 (2010–2014) and the Skoda Superb Mk2 (2008–2015) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Volkswagen Passat B7

805,898

MOT tests compared · built 2010–2014

Passes more often in 1 of 17 mileage bands

Skoda Superb Mk2

300,277

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2015

Passes more often in 8 of 17 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Volkswagen Passat B7 Skoda Superb Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 90.8% vs 95.6%

1,670 and 1,709 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.7% vs 92.1%

9,154 and 6,489 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 87.7% vs 89.5%

25,254 and 14,901 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 85.7% vs 87.2%

40,897 and 20,135 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 83.8% vs 84.9%

50,603 and 22,793 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 81.4% vs 82.3%

57,357 and 23,501 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 79.6% vs 79.3%

61,136 and 23,460 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 77.6% vs 76.7%

64,413 and 22,983 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 75.7% vs 75.4%

64,331 and 21,560 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 73.6% vs 73.4%

62,596 and 20,125 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 70.8% vs 71.4%

135,916 and 41,581 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 68.4% vs 69.3%

99,760 and 29,278 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 66.7% vs 67.4%

62,252 and 19,345 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 65.7% vs 68.1%

34,400 and 12,231 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 65.9% vs 67.2%

26,044 and 12,618 MOTs

250,000–300,000 miles 65.9% vs 67.0%

7,581 and 5,353 MOTs

300,000–350,000 miles 66.4% vs 64.0%

2,534 and 2,215 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 Passat B7 fails more often on

Supplementary restraint system (SRS)

Fails about 3 times as often as the Skoda Superb Mk2: 1.6% of MOTs against 0.69%.

In 10 of 17 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights
ABS

Fails about 3 times as often as the Skoda Superb Mk2: 1.0% of MOTs against 0.41%.

In 10 of 17 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights

Skoda Superb Mk2 fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Volkswagen Passat B7.

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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.