Bentley, Every model, MOT record and UK numbers

27,276 Bentleys are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 91.4% of initial MOT tests, 19.1 points above the 72.3% UK average and 3rd of 63 makes.

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Bentley at a glance

MOT pass rate, 2025: 91.4% 19.1 pts above the UK average
On UK roads: 27,276
Average age at MOT: 14.8years
Average mileage at MOT: 46,393miles
Fuel type, licensed Bentleys: Petrol 91%

Diesel 2%

Battery electric 0.6%

Plug-in hybrid 5%

Hybrid electric 1%

Bentley models

2 models, most common on UK roads first. The Continental is the most common; across the range, the Bentayga has the highest pass rate at 95.3% and the Continental the lowest at 91.7%.

Continental 14,126 licensed in the UK 91.7% Continental MOT pass rate 13.6 years
Bentayga 4,313 licensed in the UK 95.3% Bentayga MOT pass rate 5.9 years

Licensed vehicles from DfT statistics, June 2026. Pass rates are for initial MOT tests in 2025.

Bentley at the MOT

91.4% of 23,370 initial MOT tests passed in 2025, placing Bentley 3rd of 63 makes. The rate falls by 8 points between the youngest and oldest cars, so compare a model with others of a similar age.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

Bentley91.4%
All cars72.3%

Model pass rates partly reflect age: models that left sale years ago are tested as older cars, which fail more often. Compare MOT pass rates for every make.

Pass rate by age at test

Every Bentley tested in 2025.

3 to 5 years3,036 tests96.4%
6 to 10 years6,264 tests94.4%
11 years and over13,266 tests88.4%

Bentleys in the UK

27,276 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has grown 35% since the end of 2014.

Change since 2014: +35%from 20,263 licensed
Typical year of first use: 2014half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2014 or earlier
First registered in 2025: 1,261against 2,264 in 2016
Declared off the road: 8,39024% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Bentleys since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

10k

20k

30k

2014 2017 2020 Q2 2026 27,276

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Date	Licensed
End of 2014	20,263
End of 2015	20,994
End of 2016	22,239
End of 2017	23,269
End of 2018	24,027
End of 2019	25,029
End of 2020	24,633
End of 2021	25,450
End of 2022	26,129
End of 2023	26,028
End of 2024	25,972
End of 2025	26,183
End of June 2026	27,276

How old they are

Licensed Bentleys by year of first use.

Licensed at the end of 2025
First registered that year

A further 6,525 were first used before 2006.

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First used	Licensed, end 2025	First registered that year
2025	1,149	1,261
2024	1,005	1,339
2023	1,065	1,637
2022	1,031	1,925
2021	869	1,598
2020	966	1,552
2019	1,144	2,009
2018	1,126	1,949
2017	1,264	2,180
2016	1,317	2,264
2015	939	1,762
2014	874
2013	728
2012	654
2011	532
2010	443
2009	386
2008	756
2007	1,098
2006	893

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MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded). Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.