Ariel MOT data

From the national MOT record: 18,203 tests across 4,332 vehicles on record.

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Vehicles on record

4,332

Average engine

N/A

MOT pass rate

92.7%

How Ariel compares

Ariel has an MOT pass rate of 92.7%, against 69.4% across every make in the national record. That is 18,203 tests and 1,647 since 2012 with a defect code to categorise, so the figure rests on the whole national record for this make rather than a sample of it. See what Ariel vehicles fail on.

Common Ariel defects

From 1,647 Ariel tests in the national record with a DVSA defect code to categorise.

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 111 (6.7%)

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 75 (4.6%)

Nuisance (emissions and noise) 46 (2.8%)

Steering 30 (1.8%)

Registration plates and vehicle identification 15 (0.9%)

Brakes 9 (0.5%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so these figures do not sum to 100%. Common Ariel MOT failures has the full breakdown, how it is worked out, and how it compares with other makes.

Ariel models

Models with a page of their own, with vehicles on record, average engine size and pass rate
Model	On record	Engine	Pass rate
	1,313	-	93%
Arrow	324	-	94%
Red Hunter	315	-	92%
Atom	265	-	91%
Leader	265	-	93%

Check a specific Ariel

These are averages. For one vehicle's actual test history, enter its registration.

Figures cover every Ariel in the national MOT record, which includes vehicles since scrapped or exported, so "on record" is not a count of cars on the road. Pass rate counts every recorded MOT test, retests included.