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Mercedes-Benz, Every model, MOT record and UK numbers

2,171,816 Mercedes-Benz cars are licensed in the UK, the 4th most of any make. In 2025 they passed 77.1% of initial MOT tests, 4.8 points above the 72.3% UK average and 24th of 63 makes.

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Mercedes-Benz models

35 models, most common on UK roads first. The A-Class is the most common; among models with 10,000 or more MOT tests, the GLB has the highest pass rate at 90% and the Citan the lowest at 60.4%.

  1. A-Class 408,499 licensed in the UK 78.4% A-Class MOT pass rate 8.3 years
  2. C-Class 347,327 licensed in the UK 74.7% C-Class MOT pass rate 11.3 years
  3. Sprinter 243,553 licensed in the UK 71.3% Sprinter MOT pass rate 13.1 years
  4. E-Class 213,521 licensed in the UK 77.4% E-Class MOT pass rate 10.8 years
  5. CLA 125,274 licensed in the UK 80.8% CLA MOT pass rate 6.5 years
  6. GLA 118,762 licensed in the UK 83.3% GLA MOT pass rate 6.9 years
  7. GLC 109,062 licensed in the UK 86.4% GLC MOT pass rate 6.3 years
  8. Vito 99,036 licensed in the UK 67.3% Vito MOT pass rate 10.6 years
  9. B-Class 67,400 licensed in the UK 72.6% B-Class MOT pass rate 11.1 years
  10. SLK 48,423 licensed in the UK 71.9% SLK MOT pass rate 16.5 years
  11. GLE 43,492 licensed in the UK 87.1% GLE MOT pass rate 6.3 years
  12. EQA 36,944 licensed in the UK 89.6% EQA MOT pass rate 3.4 years
  13. GLB 25,731 licensed in the UK 90% GLB MOT pass rate 3.7 years
  14. ML 25,103 licensed in the UK 72.2% ML MOT pass rate 14.8 years
  15. Citan 23,941 licensed in the UK 60.4% Citan MOT pass rate 8.1 years
  16. S-Class 22,820 licensed in the UK 83.9% S-Class MOT pass rate 11.8 years
  17. EQB 22,410 licensed in the UK 85.3% EQB MOT pass rate 2.7 years
  18. CLS 20,019 licensed in the UK 74.6% CLS MOT pass rate 12.2 years
  19. CLK 19,103 licensed in the UK 63.1% CLK MOT pass rate 19.9 years
  20. EQC 18,223 licensed in the UK 83.6% EQC MOT pass rate 3.8 years
  21. SL 16,686 licensed in the UK 83% SL MOT pass rate 19.7 years
  22. V-Class 15,439 licensed in the UK 82.1% V-Class MOT pass rate 7.1 years
  23. SLC 8,705 licensed in the UK 85.1% SLC MOT pass rate 7.6 years
  24. EQE 8,498 licensed in the UK 94.2% EQE MOT pass rate 2 years
  25. CLC 8,291 licensed in the UK 55.7% CLC MOT pass rate 15.7 years
  26. 200 6,621 licensed in the UK 74.3% 200 MOT pass rate 29.8 years
  27. G-Class 4,591 licensed in the UK 87.4% G-Class MOT pass rate 7.6 years
  28. GLS 4,042 licensed in the UK 86.5% GLS MOT pass rate 6.1 years
  29. Viano 4,003 licensed in the UK 65.6% Viano MOT pass rate 15 years
  30. X-Class 3,653 licensed in the UK 81.1% X-Class MOT pass rate 6.2 years
  31. 300 2,897 licensed in the UK 78.2% 300 MOT pass rate 34.9 years
  32. GL 2,784 licensed in the UK 81.9% GL MOT pass rate 12.6 years
  33. 190 2,254 licensed in the UK 72.3% 190 MOT pass rate 34.2 years
  34. CL 2,042 licensed in the UK 78.9% CL MOT pass rate 19.1 years
  35. R-Class 1,364 licensed in the UK 72.2% R-Class MOT pass rate 15.5 years

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

Mercedes-Benz at the MOT

77.1% of 1,743,760 initial MOT tests passed in 2025, placing Mercedes-Benz 24th of 63 makes. The rate falls by 19.9 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.

  • Mercedes-Benz77.1%
  • 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 Mercedes-Benz tested in 2025.

  • 3 to 5 years333,994 tests87%
  • 6 to 10 years747,205 tests79.4%
  • 11 years and over593,404 tests67.2%

Mercedes-Benz cars in the UK

2,171,816 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has grown 53% since the end of 2014. The A-Class, C-Class and Sprinter account for 46% of them.

Change since 2014
+53%from 1,415,761 licensed
Typical year of first use
2017half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2017 or earlier
First registered in 2025
111,919against 218,372 in 2017
Declared off the road
295,94312% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Mercedes-Benz cars since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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DateLicensed
End of 20141,415,761
End of 20151,513,682
End of 20161,640,144
End of 20171,747,448
End of 20181,849,663
End of 20191,949,010
End of 20201,997,436
End of 20212,055,294
End of 20222,082,131
End of 20232,092,791
End of 20242,126,259
End of 20252,149,143
End of June 20262,171,816

How old they are

Licensed Mercedes-Benz cars by year of first use.

  • Licensed at the end of 2025
  • First registered that year

A further 97,155 were first used before 2006.

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First usedLicensed, end 2025First registered that year
2025107,627111,919
2024121,311129,735
2023102,550110,452
202293,144104,038
2021114,119129,723
2020124,260142,886
2019180,672210,797
2018173,594206,690
2017179,308218,372
2016163,505204,229
2015139,099179,424
2014114,092
201393,408
201270,480
201154,482
201048,268
200944,586
200841,981
200738,804
200628,549

Mercedes-Benz head-to-head comparisons

Popular rivals compared on the same 2025 DVSA data.

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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.