MOT comparison

Volkswagen Polo Mk6 vs Toyota Yaris Mk4

How the Volkswagen Polo Mk6 (AW/BZ) (2017–2026) and the Toyota Yaris 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 Polo Mk6 (AW/BZ)

676,269

MOT tests compared · built 2017–2026

Passes more often in 0 of 8 mileage bands

Toyota Yaris Mk4

192,537

MOT tests compared · built 2020–2026

Passes more often in 8 of 8 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Volkswagen Polo Mk6 Toyota Yaris Mk4

Under 10,000 miles 94.4% vs 96.0%

46,000 and 24,251 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 90.9% vs 93.5%

148,527 and 65,361 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 86.3% vs 91.3%

168,886 and 54,407 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 82.4% vs 89.5%

129,369 and 27,736 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 79.3% vs 88.7%

86,208 and 12,079 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 76.2% vs 85.9%

52,472 and 5,189 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 73.9% vs 85.8%

29,374 and 2,357 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 72.2% vs 85.2%

15,433 and 1,157 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 Polo Mk6 fails more often on

Front track rod end

Fails over 20 times as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk4: 4.6% of MOTs against 0.00%.

In 8 of 8 mileage bands · Steering Issues
Front brake pad

Fails over 20 times as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk4: 1.7% of MOTs against 0.03%.

In 5 of 8 mileage bands · Braking System
Windscreen washer

Fails about twice as often as the Toyota Yaris Mk4: 1.8% of MOTs against 0.94%.

In 4 of 8 mileage bands · Driver's View

Toyota Yaris Mk4 fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Volkswagen Polo Mk6.

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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.