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Tvr MOT failure rates by model

Tvr cars fail 18.3% of MOT tests. Here is every Tvr model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.

What is the MOT failure rate for Tvr cars?

Across 188,930 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 18.3% of Tvr cars fail. That is 7.4 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Tvr models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.

ModelFailure rateTestsTop failure area
Tvr 28024.8%1,984Lamps & electrical
Tvr 350i23.9%1,137Lamps & electrical
Tvr S223.4%3,052Lamps & electrical
Tvr Tasmin23.0%6,520Lamps & electrical
Tvr S122.6%1,638Lamps & electrical
Tvr V8s21.9%2,246Lamps & electrical
Tvr Cerbera20.8%16,035Brakes
Tvr S320.6%1,760Lamps & electrical
Tvr 29019.6%4,513Lamps & electrical
Tvr Chimaera18.3%75,989Lamps & electrical
Tvr Tuscan16.8%24,895Lamps & electrical
Tvr T35016.7%6,990Lamps & electrical
Tvr Tamora16.1%4,987Lamps & electrical
Tvr Griffith15.8%26,197Lamps & electrical
Tvr Sagaris11.4%2,872Exhaust & emissions

Which Tvr fails its MOT most, and which least?

The Tvr 280 has the highest failure rate at 24.8%, and the Tvr Sagaris the lowest at 11.4%. A higher rate reflects how old and how hard a model tends to be used as much as how it was built, so the oldest models in the range usually sit near the top.

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Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain