2018 Bentley Continental GT: MOT pass rate and reliability

95.9% of 2018 Bentley Continental GTs pass the MOT first time, measured across 566 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 22,033 miles.

How the 2018 compares

  • Against all Bentley Continental GTs (95.6%, 2,689 tests): +0.3 points
  • Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): +10 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 2018 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Bentley Continental GT:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2016 95.4% 481 29,551
2017 95.9% 582 27,542
2018 95.9% 566 22,033
2019 95.3% 772 18,745

What this means if you are buying a 2018 Continental GT

The 2018 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 an 8-year-old car fails on

A 2018 car is 8 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 2018 Bentley Continental GT the average at test was 22,033 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 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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