2006 Smart (Mcc) City Coupe: MOT pass rate and reliability

65.3% of 2006 Smart (Mcc) City Coupes pass the MOT first time, measured across 553 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 64,593 miles.

How the 2006 compares

  • Against all Smart (Mcc) City Coupes (67.1%, 4,221 tests): -1.8 points
  • Against all 2006 cars (64.1%): +1.2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Smart (Mcc) City Coupe model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2006 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Smart (Mcc) City Coupe:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2002 67.2% 604 69,508
2003 65.8% 914 70,109
2004 70.7% 668 69,223
2005 64.4% 374 69,200
2006 65.3% 553 64,593
2007 64.4% 458 66,709

What this means if you are buying a 2006 City Coupe

The 2006 sits close to the Smart (Mcc) City Coupe 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 20-year-old car fails on

A 2006 car is 20 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 2006 Smart (Mcc) City Coupe the average at test was 64,593 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 2004 at 70.7%, and the weakest in our data is 2005 at 64.4%. That 6.3 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2006 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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