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Lotus MOT data

From the national MOT record: 322,345 tests across 46,439 vehicles on record.

Vehicles on record

46,439

Average engine

N/A

MOT pass rate

76.9%

How Lotus compares

Lotus has an MOT pass rate of 76.9%, against 69.4% across every make in the national record. That is 322,345 tests and 97,565 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 Lotus vehicles fail on.

Common Lotus defects

From 97,565 Lotus tests in the national record with a DVSA defect code to categorise.

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 23,872 (24.5%)
Brakes 16,857 (17.3%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 9,226 (9.5%)
Nuisance (emissions and noise) 6,408 (6.6%)
Visibility 5,009 (5.1%)
Steering 2,811 (2.9%)
Body, structure and attachments 2,239 (2.3%)
Registration plates and vehicle identification 2,083 (2.1%)
Other equipment 660 (0.7%)

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

Lotus models

Models with a page of their own, with vehicles on record, average engine size and pass rate
Model On record Engine Pass rate
Elise 13,395 - 81%
Elan 7,708 - 75%
Esprit 3,271 - 78%
Exige 2,405 - 86%
Elite 1,957 - 53%
Eclat 1,854 - 63%
Unknown 1,562 - 12%
Europa 1,228 - 72%
Emira V6 First Edition 1,144 - 53%
Eletre S 1,050 - 1%
Esprit Turbo 720 - 33%
Seven 596 - 75%
Evora 580 - 87%
Excel 460 - 76%
Eclat Excel 429 - 65%
Evora S 413 - 89%
381 - 80%
Elan Dhc Sprint 189 - 79%

Check a specific Lotus

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

Figures cover every Lotus 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.