83.7%
BMW Alpina
BMW Alpina MOT pass rate and common problems
The BMW Alpina passed 83.7% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 11.4 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Alpina compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
79.3%
BMW average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Alpina runs 4.4 points ahead of the BMW average. It is 17th of the 28 BMW models in the data. The average Alpina arrived at its test 15 years old with 93,746 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Alpina MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
BMW Alpina cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 90.6% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 82%, a drop of 8.5 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 201 | 90.6% | 18.3 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 266 | 83.1% | 10.8 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 1,062 | 82% | 9.7 pts above |
That is a typical decline as cars age. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Alpina failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on BMW Alpina cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and tyres together account for 44.5% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Alpina MOT failures
Specific items recorded on BMW Alpina cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 38.8% of everything testers recorded against failed BMW Alpina cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Alpina
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Tyres
Recorded most often: condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords, condition has ply or cords exposed and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 15.8% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak, pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn and coil spring fractured or broken. 11.7% of failure items.
3
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp aim too high, headlamp aim too low and position lamp not working. 9% of failure items.
4
Brakes
Recorded most often: rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements. 2.3% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Alpina has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used BMW Alpina buying guide.
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BMW Alpina MOT FAQs
What is the BMW Alpina MOT pass rate?
83.7% of BMW Alpina cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 1,564 tests. That is 11.4 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 145th of 575 models.
What does a BMW Alpina most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on BMW Alpina cars failing their 2025 MOT was condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords, on 7.8% of failure items. Next were shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (5.3%) and condition has ply or cords exposed (4.9%).
Which area causes the most BMW Alpina MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 22.4%, followed by tyres at 22%.
Do older BMW Alpina cars fail their MOT more often?
BMW Alpina cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 90.6% of MOT tests in 2025, against 82% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every BMW Alpina has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every BMW Alpina that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific BMW Alpina's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.