my 22 yr old renault is very reliable! I only have to change the HG every other week ;'((((

What a load of bks,they could easily be fails for bulbs out,split wipers etc.Statistics not worth using as bog paper.

This. The cars down the bottom could be because a higher proportion of them are older and still on the road or are owned by people with less money, and therefore can't afford to do any work to them.

Agreed. Reliability and MOT pass rate are different things. All the french cars might be failing on bald tyres as they're more fun to fling around than Lexi.

You realise MINI are German, and Mitsubishi and Nissan are Japanese?

So buy German or Japanese, because they're reliable. Apart from the manufacturers you've listed that aren't...

I think it is represenatative as they tested almost 1/4 million French cars and to say they
all failed because of bald tyres and bulbs not working could be a touch simplistic.

You realise that I didn't write it?

> 3/4 of all cars pass. That's bloody good IMO given the numpties that own them. I think modern manufacturers can be proud of that figure TBH, given how easy it is to fail on something spurious.

Contrast that with cars made in the 70s.

Have a look at TVR pass rates at www.honestjohn.co.uk. From those I would deduce that TVRs are significantly more reliable than most cars within the same age groups.





















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Me, I'd assume they're being maintained rather than driven from MOT to MOT (and that testers are generally less aware of specific TVR weak areas - i.e. chassis outriggers that rot where you can't see them).

When I chat to the writer, I'll ask him.