The MoT Files: Top 10 first cars for passing the MoT
We’ve crunched the MoT Files to find the best small cars for passing the first test at three years. These top 10 MoT masters are all perfect for new and young drivers, as they are small, easy to drive and affordable.
After all, the last thing you want is a car that will rack up an expensive list of jobs that need addressing come the first MoT test. If you want to avoid that, then the latest Government figures suggest that these are the very best cars to go for.
These cars were all registered in 2013, which meant they were eligible for their first test MoT in 2016.
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Suzuki Swift – 88.1% pass rate
The Swift is an entertaining, and reliable, car. The 4.8 per cent failure result for lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment is 18 per cent better than other cars, although the brake light is worth checking – 1.2 per cent fail on that, which is 54 per cent worse than the average.
The reliability is borne out by the fact that higher mileage Swifts do much better than the overall average – 84.1 per cent of 2013 cars that have done 50,000 to 60,000 pass first time, compared to a 67.1 per cent average.
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