MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Aston Martin DB7 MOT pass rate
The Aston Martin DB7 passed 87.3% of its 1,827 initial MOT tests in 2025 — above the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 10 percentage points better than average.
How the Aston Martin DB7 holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the Aston Martin DB7 grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 1 | 100% |
| 11 years and over | 1,826 | 87.29% |
The Aston Martin DB7 drops 12.7 percentage points between its early years and the 11-plus bracket, which is a steep decline. On an older example, the MOT history is worth reading closely before you buy.
Why the Aston Martin DB7 fails its MOT
Across every Aston Martin DB7 that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was brakes, accounting for 26.23% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 26.23% | 139 |
| Suspension | 14.34% | 76 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 13.58% | 72 |
| Visibility | 10.57% | 56 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 10.57% | 56 |
| Tyres | 9.25% | 49 |
How the Aston Martin DB7 compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Aston Martin DB7 sits 172nd of 651 models in this data , and 7th of the 7 Aston Martin models covered . Aston Martin as a whole averaged 93.21%, so this model runs 5.9 points behind its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Aston Martin DB7
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Aston Martin DB7 came to its 2025 test at 53,132 miles and 25.1 years old. Most examples tested were petrol.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific Aston Martin DB7
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other Aston Martin models
- Aston Martin Vantage 94.79% pass rate · 4,720 tests
- Aston Martin DB9 91.35% pass rate · 4,209 tests
- Aston Martin V8 92.97% pass rate · 3,144 tests
- Aston Martin DB11 95.71% pass rate · 2,611 tests
- Aston Martin DBS 94.97% pass rate · 1,630 tests
- Aston Martin Vanquish 94.73% pass rate · 1,612 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- MINI Cooper 87.98% pass rate
- Toyota Prius 86.68% pass rate
- MINI Countryman 88.41% pass rate
- Mercedes-Benz GLC 88.01% pass rate
- Vauxhall Crossland 86.74% pass rate
- Vauxhall Grandland 86.51% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.