2011 Audi R8: MOT pass rate and reliability
90.1% of 2011 Audi R8s pass the MOT first time, measured across 303 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 37,659 miles.
How the 2011 compares
- Against all Audi R8s (91.4%, 3,831 tests): -1.3 points
- Against all 2011 cars (68.7%): +21.4 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Audi R8 model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2011 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Audi R8:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 88.7% | 266 | 55,803 |
| 2008 | 88.1% | 544 | 51,031 |
| 2009 | 88.5% | 286 | 46,813 |
| 2010 | 89.3% | 337 | 40,913 |
| 2011 | 90.1% | 303 | 37,659 |
| 2013 | 95.7% | 233 | 36,388 |
| 2014 | 95.1% | 244 | 32,711 |
| 2015 | 93% | 201 | 29,073 |
| 2016 | 94% | 336 | 29,584 |
| 2017 | 92.8% | 321 | 24,264 |
| 2018 | 94.9% | 257 | 20,696 |
What this means if you are buying a 2011 R8
The 2011 sits close to the Audi R8 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 15-year-old car fails on
A 2011 car is 15 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 2011 Audi R8 the average at test was 37,659 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 2013 at 95.7%, and the weakest in our data is 2008 at 88.1%. That 7.6 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2011 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 2008 Audi R8 - 88.1%
- 2009 Audi R8 - 88.5%
- 2010 Audi R8 - 89.3%
- 2013 Audi R8 - 95.7%
- 2014 Audi R8 - 95.1%
- 2015 Audi R8 - 93%