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Hyundai Amica, Buying guide, MOT record and UK numbers

3,878 Hyundai Amicas are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 55.9% of initial MOT tests, 16.4 points below the 72.3% UK average.

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Hyundai Amica at the MOT

55.9% of 4,921 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the Amica 526th of 575 models.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

  • Hyundai Amica55.9%
  • All Hyundai modelsThe Amica is 18 pts behind73.9%
  • All cars72.3%

Where Amicas fail

Share of all failure items recorded on Hyundai Amica tests in 2025.

  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment26.1%
  • Suspension16%
  • Brakes15.3%
  • Tyres10.7%
  • Body, chassis, structure10.6%

The items testers recorded most often were position lamp not working (5.9%), stop lamp not working (5.6%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.8%).

The MOT page lists every common Amica MOT failure. For one car's own results and advisories, run a free MOT history check.

Full Hyundai Amica MOT record

What to look at on a viewing

The Amica's most common failure areas, and what a tester checks in each.

  1. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment

    Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting.26.1% of Amica failure items

  2. Suspension

    Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters.16% of Amica failure items

  3. Brakes

    Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing.15.3% of Amica failure items

Hyundai Amicas in the UK

3,878 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has fallen 80% since the end of 2014.

Change since 2014
−80%from 18,986 licensed
Typical year of first use
2007half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2007 or earlier
Declared off the road
1,57529% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Hyundai Amicas since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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DateLicensed
End of 201418,986
End of 201517,418
End of 201615,844
End of 201714,028
End of 201812,442
End of 201910,935
End of 20209,530
End of 20218,144
End of 20227,164
End of 20236,214
End of 20245,322
End of 20254,395
End of June 20263,878

How old they are

Licensed Hyundai Amicas by year of first use.

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First usedLicensed, end 2025
2008691
20071,702
20061,325
20050
20040
200314
2002266
2001215
2000165

Amica engine sizes

1.1 litre engines made up 83% of Hyundai Amica MOT tests in 2025, followed by 1.0 litre at 17%. Petrol accounts for 100% of licensed Amicas.

Engine size at MOT, 2025

Share of 4,921 initial MOT tests in 2025.

  • 1.1 litre83.5%
  • 1.0 litre16.5%

Other Hyundai models

The most-tested Hyundai models in 2025, against the Amica's 55.9% MOT pass rate.

All 17 Hyundai models

Hyundai Amica FAQs

How many Hyundai Amicas are there in the UK?

3,878 Hyundai Amicas were licensed in the UK at the end of June 2026, with a further 1,575 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT vehicle licensing statistics.

Is the Hyundai Amica reliable?

MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 55.9% first-time pass rate for the Hyundai Amica across 4,921 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.

What should I check before buying a used Hyundai Amica?

On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, suspension and brakes. Then check the individual car's own records. Outstanding finance, insurance write-offs and police stolen markers are not part of the MOT record, so they take a history check.

How do I check a Hyundai Amica's history?

Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.

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Check its finance, write-off, theft, mileage and keeper history with a £15 vehicle history report.

Across the 1,548 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off. More on the Hyundai history check. To confirm a car's identity, see the Hyundai VIN check.

  • Outstanding finance
  • Write-off records
  • Stolen markers
  • Mileage history
  • Previous keepers

MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), which also gives the engine sizes. 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.