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2011 Volkswagen Polo
This black 2011 Volkswagen Polo has passed 6 of its 12 first-attempt MOT tests; 2011 Polos tested in 2025 passed 57.6% of first attempts. Its most recent test, on 12 November 2025, was a pass at retest, 1 day after a fail for a light and a damaged front tyre. Mileage of 61,049 is below the middle half of 2011 Polos tested in 2025.
CO2 band: D — 128 g/km
Rates for cars first registered between 1 March 2001 and 31 March 2017, single 12-month payment, correct as at April 2026. Check the current figures on GOV.UK.
Read from the last two years of this car's own test record, grouped by area. Each line quotes what the tester wrote and the date of the test.
Dangerous item, 12 Nov 2025: Nearside Front Tyre has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure OUTER WALL
. The car passed a retest the same day.
Dangerous item, 12 Nov 2025: Nearside Rear Tyre has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure INNER WALL
. The car passed a retest the same day.
Dangerous item, 12 Nov 2025: Offside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm
. The car passed a retest the same day.
Advisory, 14 Nov 2024: Nearside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing
.
1 more in the full MOT history below.
Major item, 12 Nov 2025: Nearside Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced
. The car passed a retest the same day.
Major item, 12 Nov 2025: Offside Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced
. The car passed a retest the same day.
Typical UK garage price for lamp or bulb replacement: £30–£200. Typical UK garage prices for each job, from published UK repair-cost guides, checked September 2026; not a quote.
Nothing recorded against these in the last two years of tests.
Brakes: last recorded 7 Nov 2019 (dangerous item), outside the two-year window. Exhaust & emissions: last recorded 23 Sept 2016 (advisory), outside the two-year window. Structure & corrosion: last recorded 7 Nov 2019 (major item), outside the two-year window. Engine – oil: last recorded 15 May 2015 (tester note), outside the two-year window. Other: last recorded 7 Nov 2019 (advisory), outside the two-year window.
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Against every Volkswagen Polo first used in 2011 and tested in Great Britain in the 2025 test year (38,506 first-attempt tests) — the most recent full year available.
| Measure | This car | Typical 2011 Polo | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pass rate, first attempts | 6 of 12 (50%) | 57.6% in 2025 | Lower than the group figure |
| Fails, first attempts | 5 of 12 | 35.0% of first tests | Higher than the group figure |
| Fixed during the test (PRS) | 1 | 7.5% of first tests | 1 on this record |
| Mileage at its latest test (12 Nov 2025) | 61,049 miles | 86,800 (middle half 64,622–108,697) | Below the middle half; not an outlier |
| Clean passes (no advisories) | 4 of 12 | 23.3% of first tests | Higher than the group figure |
"Typical" is every Volkswagen Polo first used in 2011, any fuel or use — not adjusted for mileage. This car's figures are from its own record only. A first attempt is any test not within 10 days after a failed test of this car. A first attempt whose faults were all put right during the test counts as fixed during the test (PRS), not as a fail, as in DVSA's figures.
Bars: share of 2011 Polo first tests that did not pass first time in 2025 carrying each item, in DVSA's wording. Right-hand note: what this car's own record shows in that area.
This car: 61,049 miles at its latest test — below the middle half.
More on this year of Polo: 2011 Volkswagen Polo MOT statistics · all Polo years · Volkswagen
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No advisories or defects recorded at this test.
No advisories or defects recorded at this test.
No advisories or defects recorded at this test.
No advisories or defects recorded at this test.
No advisories or defects recorded at this test.
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This is the public record for one vehicle, drawn from two government sources: DVLA for the registration — make, year, colour, fuel, emissions, tax and MOT status — and DVSA for every MOT result and mileage reading since 2005. Nothing here costs anything, and nothing here identifies the keeper.
What it cannot tell you is the commercial history: outstanding finance, insurance write-offs and stolen markers. Those come from Experian and are not public. They are the difference between a car you can drive and a car you can lose — see SortedCars Reports, or read the longer guide on the free car check.
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