2018 Abarth 595: MOT pass rate and reliability

83.1% of 2018 Abarth 595s pass the MOT first time, measured across 3,552 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 35,698 miles.

How the 2018 compares

  • Against all Abarth 595s (82.6%, 17,765 tests): +0.5 points
  • Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): -2.8 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Abarth 595 model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2018 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Abarth 595:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2013 70.5% 491 59,405
2014 77% 551 52,085
2015 76.5% 1,628 50,541
2016 79.1% 2,937 47,510
2017 81.8% 3,075 43,236
2018 83.1% 3,552 35,698
2019 87.3% 2,316 27,921
2020 89.3% 1,488 22,265
2021 90.2% 1,500 17,956

What this means if you are buying a 2018 595

The 2018 sits close to the Abarth 595 average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What an 8-year-old car fails on

A 2018 car is 8 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2018 Abarth 595 the average at test was 35,698 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2021 at 90.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2013 at 70.5%. That 19.7 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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