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Porsche Boxster MOT pass rate by year

How the Porsche Boxster's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1997 to 2020, across the DVSA record.

What is the Porsche Boxster MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Porsche Boxster model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Porsche Boxster averages 17.2% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
199776.1%23.9%18,520
199876.1%23.9%31,292
199977.1%22.9%40,275
200078.7%21.3%66,872
200179.0%21.0%72,729
200278.7%21.3%71,521
200380.1%19.9%75,134
200481.0%19.0%56,893
200584.4%15.6%79,971
200685.4%14.6%42,724
200787.4%12.6%32,998
200888.3%11.7%20,826
200990.8%9.2%14,360
201091.5%8.5%12,548
201191.4%8.6%11,014
201291.9%8.1%14,053
201392.6%7.4%14,991
201493.4%6.6%12,566
201593.8%6.2%10,016
201694.1%5.9%10,258
201794.3%5.7%7,514
201894.3%5.7%6,305
201994.7%5.3%4,560
202094.1%5.9%1,758

Does age change how often a Porsche Boxster fails?

Older Porsche Boxsters fail more often, as expected. The 1997 cars fail 23.9% of tests against 5.9% for the 2020. Across every year the model averages 17.2%. The 1997 is the weakest year at 23.9%, and the 2019 the strongest at 5.3%.

More on the Porsche Boxster

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Porsche Boxster: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them
All Porsche models compared by MOT failure rate
MOT failure rates across Britain

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