MOT failure rates for cars/ small vans have been published

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8456116.stm

You can download the spreadsheet and check your favourite model of car !!!

www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/opensecrets/ ... p_2007.xls

Interesting lunchtime diversion.

Enz

Thanks Enzo,

Just coming on to post exactly the same links!

Yes very interesting reading, here's a screenshot of the most pertinent part to us.
If don't have Excel handy:


That makes a total of 473 cars left, that are in use - back in 2007 that is.

And shockingly only 15 1300's left!

Saw this as well - interesting. Some of the specific stats in the tables are wrong (e.g. total failures 327, failed on brakes 379!!), but that'll just be an issue with data entry etc.

I guess the passes are passes at first attempt and do not include the re-tests of those that have failed, so the total number of exxies put through an MoT would be 800 in 2007, with nearly 60% passing first time. That's how I read it.