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Toyota Aygo vs Volkswagen up!

Both are city cars. First-time MOT failure at age 7, and what each one is known to fail on.

The Toyota Aygo is the more reliable of the two. It fails its first MOT at age 7 15.3% of the time, against 17.2% for the Volkswagen up!.

Toyota Aygo

15.3%

fail at age 7

Rank 64 of 239 · 41k miles at 7 · 226,351 tests

Volkswagen up!

17.2%

fail at age 7

Rank 98 of 239 · 40k miles at 7 · 125,481 tests

What each one fails on

Measured

The faults each records most at ages 6 to 9. Same figures as each full report.

A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively wornAdvisory20.3%

Brake pipe damaged or excessively corrodedAdvisory3.1%

A suspension component excessively damaged or corrodedAdvisory2.6%

A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mountingAdvisory2.6%

A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakenedAdvisory2.0%

Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brakeAdvisory1.3%

A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively wornAdvisory9.6%

A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively wornFail2.7%

A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioningFail2.1%

Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brakeAdvisory2.0%

Play in steering rack inner joint(s)Advisory1.4%

An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source mFail1.1%