Peugeot 206 years to avoid: the early ones

Based on 56,611 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.

The short answer

Avoid 2000 to 2002. The worst is the 2000, which fails its MOT 27% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Peugeot 206 you like?

Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.

Every 206 model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Peugeot 206
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2000 Worst	1,567	42.9%	27% worse
2001	3,853	40.0%	16% worse
2002	6,205	41.0%	16% worse
2003	8,575	39.7%	about average
2004	11,806	37.4%	about average
2005	11,462	37.2%	about average
2006	8,265	37.8%	about average
2007	3,380	34.3%	about average
2008	1,498	37.1%	about average

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Peugeot 206, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.

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