Toyota Aygo years to avoid: the early ones

Based on 247,840 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 2005. The worst is the 2005, which fails its MOT 20% more often than other cars of the same age. The 2020 is the strongest, failing 46% less often than average.

Found a Toyota Aygo 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 Aygo 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 Toyota Aygo
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2005 Worst	1,604	43.6%	20% worse
2006	8,527	36.8%	about average
2007	10,055	35.5%	about average
2008	12,030	36.3%	about average
2009	13,090	31.0%	about average
2010	12,089	28.3%	about average
2011	12,987	25.7%	15% better
2012	14,999	22.5%	20% better
2013	15,294	19.9%	22% better
2014	19,415	16.4%	28% better
2015	23,117	13.0%	34% better
2016	22,216	10.7%	37% better
2017	21,460	10.1%	30% better
2018	22,108	8.6%	28% better
2019	22,233	6.1%	41% better
2020	16,616	5.0%	46% better

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Toyota Aygo, 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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