Abarth MOT pass rates and used models

Abarth cars passed 78% of their initial MOT tests in 2025, 5.7 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average and 21st of 63 makes. Across the range, the 124 Spider scored highest at 86.3% and the 500 lowest at 66.9%.

Looking at a specific Abarth? Run a Abarth history check on its registration, or a free MOT history check to see its own tests.

Every Abarth model ranked

First-time MOT pass rates from 2025, highest first. Each model links to its buying guide and full MOT record.

ModelPass ratevs AbarthTestsAvg age
124 Spider 86.3% 8.3 pts above 1,787 7.3 yrs
595 79.9% 2 pts above 21,961 7 yrs
500 66.9% 11 pts below 5,242 13 yrs

The 124 Spider and 500 are 19.4 percentage points apart. Part of that gap is age: models that left sale years ago are tested as older cars, and older cars fail more often.

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Abarth pass rate by age

Every Abarth tested in 2025, split by the car's age at test.

Age at testTestsPass rate
3 to 5 years6,75185%
6 to 10 years16,92377.8%
11 years and over5,47067%

Abarth pass rates fall by 18 percentage points between the youngest and oldest groups, so compare a model with others of a similar age rather than with the headline figure.

Checking a used Abarth

Model averages describe the range, not the car in front of you. The Abarth history check covers finance, write-off, theft, mileage and keeper records for one registration.

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MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.