2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage: MOT pass rate and reliability

91.4% of 2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantages pass the MOT first time, measured across 914 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 50,399 miles.

How the 2006 compares

  • Against all Aston Martin V8 Vantages (92.6%, 3,169 tests): -1.2 points
  • Against all 2006 cars (64.1%): +27.3 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Aston Martin V8 Vantage model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2006 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Aston Martin V8 Vantage:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2006 91.4% 914 50,399
2007 92.3% 730 45,663
2008 93.3% 466 41,477
2009 94.5% 361 38,346
2010 94.4% 213 34,957

What this means if you are buying a 2006 V8 Vantage

The 2006 sits close to the Aston Martin V8 Vantage 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 a 20-year-old car fails on

A 2006 car is 20 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 around average, so condition and service history will tell you more than the odometer does. On a 2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage the average at test was 50,399 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 2009 at 94.5%, and the weakest in our data is 2006 at 91.4%. That 3.1 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2006 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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