UK MOT Reliability Index · 2022 to 2024

The most reliable executive cars

The most reliable executive car in the UK on MOT results is the BMW M3, with 62% fewer MOT fails than the average car its age and mileage. 40 models ranked from 8,830,578 DVSA MOT tests (2022 to 2024).

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Ranked against cars of the same age and mileage: a fair fight between a new model and an old one.

Models ranked by MOT reliability against cars of the same age and mileage
#	Model	Tests	Fail rate	Against same-age cars
1	BMW M5Executive car	16,546	11.4%	64% fewer fails
2	BMW M3Executive car	64,208	12.5%	62% fewer fails
3	Audi RS4Executive car	5,330	15%	60% fewer fails
4	BMW M6Executive car	5,792	10.5%	59% fewer fails
5	BMW AlpinaExecutive car	5,437	16.1%	54% fewer fails
6	Lexus ESExecutive car	5,297	6.9%	52% fewer fails
7	Audi S5Executive car	6,937	16.9%	51% fewer fails
8	Audi S4Executive car	7,962	15.6%	49% fewer fails
9	Audi A7Executive car	65,192	13.9%	48% fewer fails
10	Lexus GSExecutive car	28,957	19.4%	45% fewer fails
11	Lexus RCExecutive car	7,736	9.6%	43% fewer fails
12	BMW M2Executive car	17,199	9.3%	41% fewer fails
13	BMW 6 SeriesExecutive car	89,899	18.6%	40% fewer fails
14	BMW M4Executive car	53,667	10.5%	39% fewer fails
15	Audi A6Executive car	449,730	20.1%	36% fewer fails
16	Audi AllroadExecutive car	6,451	27.8%	36% fewer fails
17	Lexus ISExecutive car	134,671	22.6%	36% fewer fails
18	BMW 5 SeriesExecutive car	763,808	20.4%	35% fewer fails
19	BMW 4 SeriesExecutive car	386,143	14.1%	34% fewer fails
20	Volvo S90Executive car	21,927	11.7%	32% fewer fails
21	Audi A5Executive car	455,506	19.7%	30% fewer fails
22	Mercedes-Benz E-ClassExecutive car	870,398	21%	27% fewer fails
23	BMW 3 SeriesExecutive car	1,750,088	24.3%	26% fewer fails
24	Mercedes-Benz CLSExecutive car	87,218	24%	24% fewer fails
25	Volvo S80Executive car	27,110	30.5%	24% fewer fails
26	Jaguar XFExecutive car	358,263	23.1%	23% fewer fails
27	Audi A4Executive car	882,505	26.5%	21% fewer fails
28	Tesla Model SExecutive car	33,048	16.8%	20% fewer fails
29	Mercedes-Benz C-ClassExecutive car	1,367,192	24%	18% fewer fails
30	Volvo V90Executive car	42,709	14.4%	18% fewer fails
31	Alfa Romeo GiuliaExecutive car	20,943	13.3%	17% fewer fails
32	Volvo V60Executive car	114,035	21.6%	17% fewer fails
33	Infiniti Q50Executive car	8,930	19.9%	15% fewer fails
34	Volvo S60Executive car	69,652	29%	15% fewer fails
35	Mercedes-Benz CLKExecutive car	113,867	36.7%	13% fewer fails
36	Volvo V70Executive car	145,334	36.2%	12% fewer fails
37	Jaguar XEExecutive car	159,939	17.4%	12% fewer fails
38	Jaguar S-TypeExecutive car	45,024	37.2%	10% fewer fails
39	Jaguar X-TypeExecutive car	104,468	41.8%	1% fewer fails
40	Mercedes-Benz CLCExecutive car	31,460	42.8%	7% more fails

All segments: UK MOT Reliability Index. Method: how we rank.

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Among models with 20,000+ tests, the Mercedes-Benz CLC (7% more MOT fails than the average car its age).

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