2016 Abarth 595c: MOT pass rate and reliability

81.1% of 2016 Abarth 595cs pass the MOT first time, measured across 285 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 39,181 miles.

How the 2016 compares

  • Against all Abarth 595cs (85.9%, 2,052 tests): -4.8 points
  • Against all 2016 cars (80.9%): +0.2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Abarth 595c model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2016 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Abarth 595c:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2016 81.1% 285 39,181
2017 81.6% 375 35,872
2018 86.4% 440 30,752
2019 85.9% 412 24,344
2020 91.2% 250 20,424
2021 91.1% 281 16,484

What this means if you are buying a 2016 595c

The 2016 is a weaker year for this model, passing 4.8 points less often than the Abarth 595c average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2016 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. 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 a 10-year-old car fails on

A 2016 car is 10 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 2016 Abarth 595c the average at test was 39,181 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 2020 at 91.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2016 at 81.1%. That 10.1 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2016 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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