2016 Bentley Continental GT: MOT pass rate and reliability

95.4% of 2016 Bentley Continental GTs pass the MOT first time, measured across 481 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 29,551 miles.

How the 2016 compares

• Against all Bentley Continental GTs (95.6%, 2,689 tests): -0.2 points
• Against all 2016 cars (80.9%): +14.5 points
• National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Bentley Continental GT 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 Bentley Continental GT:

What this means if you are buying a 2016 Continental GT

The 2016 sits close to the Bentley Continental GT 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 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 low mileage, which usually means light urban use. Short journeys are harder on batteries, brakes and exhausts than motorway miles, so do not assume low miles means low wear. On a 2016 Bentley Continental GT the average at test was 29,551 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 2017 at 95.9%, and the weakest in our data is 2019 at 95.3%. That 0.6 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2016 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

• 2017 Bentley Continental GT - 95.9%
• 2018 Bentley Continental GT - 95.9%
• 2019 Bentley Continental GT - 95.3%

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