Lotus Esprit MOT data
From the national MOT record: 26,777 tests across 3,271 vehicles on record.
Vehicles on record
3,271
Average engine
N/A
MOT pass rate
77.8%
How the Lotus Esprit compares
The Lotus Esprit has an MOT pass rate of 77.8%, against 76.9% across all Lotus vehicles, and 69.4% across every make in the national record. That is 26,777 tests for this model and 322,345 for the make, so the comparison rests on the whole national record rather than a sample of it. See what Lotus Esprit models fail on.
Common Lotus Esprit defects
From 7,743 Lotus Esprit tests in the national record with a DVSA defect code to categorise.
A test can find problems in more than one category, so these figures do not sum to 100%. Common Lotus Esprit MOT failures has the full breakdown and how it is worked out.
Other Lotus models
Check a specific Lotus Esprit
These are averages. For one vehicle's actual test history, enter its registration.
Figures cover every Lotus Esprit 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. Some MOT records describe the same model with extra trim or engine detail attached; where that detail is a recognised trim or drivetrain code, the vehicle is counted under the base model shown here rather than treated as a separate one.