Sample Buying Report
What a MG MGF Buying Report covers
DVSA MOT tests 2022–2025 · 17,499 MOT tests · Updated
A Buying Report, £14.99 incl. VAT, reads one car's MOT record against 130,233,413 MOT tests of cars like it [1].
- 4 parts: Model risks for this year and fuel, what similar cars did at their next MOT, repairs ahead, viewing checklist.
- One car, no subscription: each report is for one registration.
- Not a mechanical inspection: it reads records, it does not look at the car.
What an MG MGF report starts from
At 24 years, 34.0% of MG MGF MOT tests ended in a fail once adjusted for mileage (3,370 MOT tests): about the same as the 34.6% for all class 4 vehicles the same age at the same mileage. The raw rate is 33.2%. [1]
Its most common fail items at 24 years, other than wear items: handbrake too weak (6 per 100 MOT tests), component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (4.3 per 100 MOT tests), catalyst emissions: carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits (3.7 per 100 MOT tests).
Typical recorded mileage at that test: 63,248 miles.
The report then reads one MG MGF's own MOT record against these numbers: whether its advisories point at the same parts, and what cars with the same advisories did at their next MOT.
More on this model: MG MGF MOT fail rate by age · MG MGF common problems
What the Buying Report covers
Model risks for this year and fuel
What tends to fail on this model at this age and with this fuel, from DVSA MOT tests, and which of those the car's own MOT record already points to.
What similar cars did at their next MOT
What cars advised on the same parts (or given a minor defect for them) did at their next MOT, about 10 to 16 months later, against cars without those advisories.
Repairs ahead
The repairs the record points to, with labelled cost estimates: labour time at an ONS hourly rate, plus parts.
Viewing checklist
What to look at and what to ask on a viewing, one line per risk the report found.
Buying Report £14.99 incl. VAT · one car · no subscription · Not a mechanical inspection.
One example from the data
Of MG MGF cars aged 16 to 25 that were advised on their brake pipes (or given a minor defect for them), 4.4 in 100 failed on brake pipes at the next MOT, against 0.9 in 100 MG MGF cars without that advisory (1,007 pairs of tests with it). [1] A report puts figures like these next to the car's own advisories.
What the report does not cover
- It is not a mechanical inspection, and it does not say a car is good.
- It does not cover outstanding finance, insurance write-offs, police records of stolen cars or keeper changes.
- It shows no valuation until we have a valuation source we may show you.
- What similar cars did is evidence about the model, not a promise about one car.
See the model figures for another car
Buying Report £14.99 incl. VAT · one car · no subscription · Not a mechanical inspection.
Sources
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2022 to 2025. DVSA MOT data, Open Government Licence v3.0, 130,233,413 MOT tests. Accessed 7 Oct 2026.