2016 Porsche Panamera: MOT pass rate and reliability

87.4% of 2016 Porsche Panameras pass the MOT first time, measured across 348 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 63,193 miles.

How the 2016 compares

  • Against all Porsche Panameras (88.8%, 6,537 tests): -1.4 points
  • Against all 2016 cars (80.9%): +6.5 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Porsche Panamera 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 Porsche Panamera:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2010 85.6% 271 80,571
2011 83.9% 274 88,253
2012 86% 514 88,716
2013 87.3% 687 86,031
2014 86.8% 742 76,421
2015 87.5% 650 72,714
2016 87.4% 348 63,193
2017 92.4% 986 52,686
2018 92.4% 741 46,269
2019 89.5% 782 36,709
2020 89.5% 237 32,336
2021 89.3% 205 25,789

What this means if you are buying a 2016 Panamera

The 2016 sits close to the Porsche Panamera 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 around average, so condition and service history will tell you more than the odometer does. On a 2016 Porsche Panamera the average at test was 63,193 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 92.4%, and the weakest in our data is 2011 at 83.9%. That 8.5 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2016 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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