What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Volkswagen Golf Match Edition Tsi Evo S-A?

93.3% of 2020 Volkswagen Golf Match Edition Tsi Evo S-As pass the MOT first time, based on 3,726 DVSA tests. The Volkswagen Golf Match Edition Tsi Evo S-A averages 93.4% across all model years.

Is a 2020 Volkswagen Golf Match Edition Tsi Evo S-A a good buy?

On MOT data alone the 2020 Volkswagen Golf Match Edition Tsi Evo S-A passes 0.1 points less often than the model average of 93.4%. Average mileage at test is 31,392 miles.

2020 Volkswagen Golf Match Edition Tsi Evo S-A: MOT pass rate and reliability

93.3% of 2020 Volkswagen Golf Match Edition Tsi Evo S-As pass the MOT first time, measured across 3,726 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 31,392 miles.

How the 2020 compares

Against all Volkswagen Golf Match Edition Tsi Evo S-As (93.4%, 4,728 tests): -0.1 points
Against all 2020 cars (89.4%): +3.9 points
National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Volkswagen Golf Match Edition Tsi Evo S-A model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2020 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Volkswagen Golf Match Edition Tsi Evo S-A:

Year	Pass rate	Tests	Avg mileage
2019	94.2%	997	34,248
2020	93.3%	3,726	31,392

What this means if you are buying a 2020 Golf Match Edition Tsi Evo S-A

The 2020 sits close to the Volkswagen Golf Match Edition Tsi Evo S-A 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 6-year-old car fails on

A 2020 car is 6 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 2020 Volkswagen Golf Match Edition Tsi Evo S-A the average at test was 31,392 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 2019 at 94.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2020 at 93.3%. That 0.9 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2020 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

2019 Volkswagen Golf Match Edition Tsi Evo S-A - 94.2%

All Volkswagen Golf Match Edition Tsi Evo S-A MOT data · Every model