Cupra MOT pass rates by model

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a class-4 Cupra in Great Britain in 2025 — 22,796 tests. How they age, and how each model compares, computed by SortedCars from the official DVSA record of every test.

Cupra pass rate 2025
89.2%
16.9 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); covers all Cupra class-4 vehicles; unadjusted for fleet age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
22,796
first tests, 2025
Models tracked
2
with 2,000+ tests in 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
4.4%
of Cupra first tests; national 7.3%

How many Cupra cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 116,185 Cupra cars that were taxed or on SORN: 115,360 taxed and 825 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper), so 99.3% of them were taxed. DVLA lists 6 named Cupra car models, counted across the whole United Kingdom. A further 13 taxed Cupra cars are on the register with no model name recorded; they are in the totals here and under no model below. These are counts of cars, not tests, and cars only: vans, pickups and motorhomes are recorded as goods vehicles or motor caravans in the licensing data and are not in these figures. The model table below carries the count for each model DVLA records under a name of its own.

Still taxed, end of 2025
115,360
99.3% of the 116,185 Cupra cars taxed or on SORN
On SORN, end of 2025
825
declared off the road by their keepers — 0.7% of that total

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only; the make totals include cars recorded with no model name, the model figures exclude them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How Cupra cars age

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Cupra vs all cars, 2025.

CupraAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Cupra, vehicle age 3: 89.9%Cupra, vehicle age 4: 87.8%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%Cupra 87.8%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Cupra testsCupra pass rateAll cars
314,31489.9%88.5%
47,66087.8%87.2%

Better or worse than the average car?

Cupra's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: Cupra beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Cupra ahead
-2-1+0+1+2Age 3: +1.4 points vs the average car3Age 4: +0.6 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+1.4
4+0.6

The Cupra fleet on the road, by age

How many Cupra cars of each age took a first MOT in 2025 — the shape of the Cupra fleet still in use.

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 14k3Age 4: 7k4Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
314,314
47,660

What a Cupra fails on

Where the failure items land when a Cupra fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Every make has a signature — this is Cupra's.

Tyres45.1%
Suspension13.6%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.7%
Visibility10.1%
Brakes8.2%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems3.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.1%
Identification of the vehicle1.9%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.5% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" on a Cupra, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 56.9% of advisories56.9%Brakes: 18.4% of advisories18.4%Suspension: 15.2% of advisories15.2%Non-component advisories: 7.9% of advisories7.9%Identification of the vehicle: 0.6% of advisoriesRoad Wheels: 0.4% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesIdentification of the vehicleRoad Wheels
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres56.9%
Brakes18.4%
Suspension15.2%
Non-component advisories7.9%
Identification of the vehicle0.6%
Road Wheels0.4%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Cupra?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 89.4% of 14,714 tests89.4%Petrol14,714 testsElectric: 90.6% of 4,645 tests90.6%Electric4,645 testsHybrid electric: 86.6% of 3,437 tests86.6%Hybrid3,437 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol14,71489.4%
Electric4,64590.6%
Hybrid electric3,43786.6%

What mileage is normal for a Cupra?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, all Cupra class-4 vehicles, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Cupra; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Cupra (median)
0k25k50k34Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 26,250 miles (middle half 18,750–33,750)Age 4: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 26,250–43,750)33k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
318,75026,25033,750
426,25033,75043,750

Every Cupra model in the data

First-time pass rate per model, 2025. Every model with at least 2,000 tests is listed — all 2 of them, ordered by number of tests; models with 5,000+ tests link to their own page. All trims and variants are grouped under one model name. Pass rates are unadjusted for age: models with older fleets sit lower. The last three columns are the number of that model on DVLA's register at the end of 2025 — taxed, on SORN, and the taxed share — from the licensing statistics rather than the MOT record. They are left blank for vans, pickups and car-and-van models, which the licensing data counts as goods vehicles rather than cars, and for models DVLA does not record under a name of their own. DVLA's model groupings do not always draw the line where the MOT grouping does; each model page says what its count covers.

Model Tests 2025Pass rate Taxed, end 2025SORN, end 2025 Taxed share
Formentor15,58589.3%52,75829599.4%
Born4,64590.6%26,89410399.6%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.