2010 Aston Martin V8 Vantage: MOT pass rate and reliability
94.4% of 2010 Aston Martin V8 Vantages pass the MOT first time, measured across 213 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 34,957 miles.
How the 2010 compares
- Against all Aston Martin V8 Vantages (92.6%, 3,169 tests): +1.8 points
- Against all 2010 cars (67%): +27.4 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 2010 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 2010 V8 Vantage
The 2010 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 16-year-old car fails on
A 2010 car is 16 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 2010 Aston Martin V8 Vantage the average at test was 34,957 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 2010 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 2007 Aston Martin V8 Vantage - 92.3%
- 2008 Aston Martin V8 Vantage - 93.3%
- 2009 Aston Martin V8 Vantage - 94.5%