Volkswagen Lupo MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Volkswagen Lupo in Great Britain in 2025 — 5,137 tests. Figures cover every Lupo first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Lupo ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
59.8%
12.5 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
5,137
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
8.8%
of Lupo first tests; national 7.3%

How many Volkswagen Lupo cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 8,531 Volkswagen Lupo cars that were taxed or on SORN: 4,344 taxed and 4,187 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Volkswagen Lupo vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
4,344
50.9% of the 8,531 Lupo cars taxed or on SORN; 13 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
4,187
declared off the road by their keepers — 49.1% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Lupo cars peaked at 21,756 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 17,412 (80.0%) to 4,344 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 1,561 at the end of 2014 to 4,187 at the end of 2025, up 168.2%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Lupo cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

05k10k15k20k25k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Lupo cars, year 2014: 22kTaxed Lupo cars, year 2015: 20kTaxed Lupo cars, year 2016: 18kTaxed Lupo cars, year 2017: 15kTaxed Lupo cars, year 2018: 13kTaxed Lupo cars, year 2019: 11kTaxed Lupo cars, year 2020: 9kTaxed Lupo cars, year 2021: 8kTaxed Lupo cars, year 2022: 7kTaxed Lupo cars, year 2023: 6kTaxed Lupo cars, year 2024: 5kTaxed Lupo cars, year 2025: 4k4k
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YearTaxed Lupo cars
201421,756
201519,823
201617,562
201715,156
201812,954
201911,007
20209,312
20217,810
20226,836
20236,011
20245,196
20254,344

Lupo cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

01k2k3k4k5k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Lupo cars on SORN, year 2014: 2kLupo cars on SORN, year 2015: 2kLupo cars on SORN, year 2016: 3kLupo cars on SORN, year 2017: 3kLupo cars on SORN, year 2018: 4kLupo cars on SORN, year 2019: 4kLupo cars on SORN, year 2020: 4kLupo cars on SORN, year 2021: 4kLupo cars on SORN, year 2022: 4kLupo cars on SORN, year 2023: 4kLupo cars on SORN, year 2024: 4kLupo cars on SORN, year 2025: 4k4k
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YearLupo cars on SORN
20141,561
20152,291
20163,102
20173,473
20183,589
20193,739
20203,990
20214,093
20224,061
20234,119
20244,017
20254,187

Which model years survive

Taxed Lupo cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 4,344 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 6 taxed Lupo cars have no recorded year of manufacture and are not in the table, so the rows add up to 4,338. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Lupo cars
20053287.6%
200477217.8%
200373416.9%
20021,04724.1%
200172116.6%
200050511.6%
19992285.2%
All other build years (four years, each under 1%)30.1%

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, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name LUPO under this model. 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.

What a Lupo fails on

Where the failure items land when a Lupo fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment25.4%
Suspension15.6%
Brakes15.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks14.9%
Body, chassis, structure9.2%
Visibility7.4%
Tyres6.5%
Steering3.4%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.7% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Suspension: 33.6% of advisories33.6%Brakes: 23.1% of advisories23.1%Tyres: 16.5% of advisories16.5%Noise, emissions and leaks: 8.5% of advisories8.5%Body, chassis, structure: 7.3% of advisories7.3%Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 4.0% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesTyresNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension33.6%
Brakes23.1%
Tyres16.5%
Noise, emissions and leaks8.5%
Body, chassis, structure7.3%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment4.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Lupo?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Lupo 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: 60.0% of 4,554 tests60.0%Petrol4,554 testsDiesel: 58.1% of 583 tests58.1%Diesel583 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol4,55460.0%
Diesel58358.1%

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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.