2018 Porsche Panamera: MOT pass rate and reliability

92.4% of 2018 Porsche Panameras pass the MOT first time, measured across 741 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 46,269 miles.

How the 2018 compares

  • Against all Porsche Panameras (88.8%, 6,537 tests): +3.6 points
  • Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): +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 2018 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 2018 Panamera

The 2018 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 3.6 points more often than the Porsche Panamera average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. 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 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 2018 Porsche Panamera the average at test was 46,269 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 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

All Porsche Panamera MOT data · Every model