Chevrolet MOT pass rates and used models

Chevrolet cars passed 54.9% of their initial MOT tests in 2025, 17.4 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average and 63rd of 63 makes. Across the range, the Orlando scored highest at 58.4% and the Kalos lowest at 47.4%.

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Every Chevrolet model ranked

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

ModelPass ratevs ChevroletTestsAvg age
Orlando 58.4% 3.5 pts above 3,392 13 yrs
Cruze 58% 3.1 pts above 4,375 13.1 yrs
Spark 54.5% Level 13,365 13.3 yrs
Captiva 53.3% 1.6 pts below 4,741 14.2 yrs
Aveo 50.3% 4.6 pts below 7,366 14.5 yrs
Matiz 50.2% 4.7 pts below 8,112 17 yrs
Lacetti 48.8% 6.1 pts below 1,560 17 yrs
Kalos 47.4% 7.5 pts below 1,851 18.3 yrs

The Orlando and Kalos are 11 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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Chevrolet pass rate by age

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

Age at testTestsPass rate
3 to 5 years13887%
6 to 10 years1,18774.1%
11 years and over47,89554.3%

Chevrolet pass rates fall by 32.7 percentage points between the youngest and oldest groups, so compare a model with others of a similar age rather than with the headline figure.

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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.