Clean air zones

Is the Mazda MX-5 ULEZ compliant?

Name: Mazda MX-5 MOT tests by fuel and first-use year, against clean air zone standards
Creator: VetTheCar
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It depends on the fuel and the Euro emissions standard of the car, not on the model. Here is how 348,217 DVSA MOT tests of the Mazda MX-5 with a recorded fuel, from 2022 to 2025 on cars aged 3 to 25 at test, split by fuel and first-use year, and which of them generally meet the London ULEZ and clean air zone standards.

MOT data updated 28 September 2026 · Zone rules checked 22 September 2026

Short answer, by fuel

Petrol: petrol cars first used in 2006 or later generally meet Euro 4, the standard for petrol cars. At least 61.2% of petrol MX-5 MOT tests (n=348,217) were on cars first used in 2006 or later, and 20.6% on cars first used in 2005 or earlier, which meet it only if built to Euro 4.

Fuels and first-use dates

Share of Mazda MX-5 MOT tests by fuel, and the share on cars first used late enough to meet the standard by date alone. We count by the car’s age at test, so cars close to a cut-off are left out of that share: it is a lower bound.

Mazda MX-5 MOT tests 2022 to 2025 with a recorded fuel, on cars aged 3 to 25 at test (n=348,217). A fuel is listed when it has at least 1,000 tests.
Fuel	Tests (n)	Share	Meets by date if first used	Share that do
Petrol	348,217	100.0%	2006 or later	at least 61.2%

By first-use year

Every first-use year of the Mazda MX-5 with enough MOT tests, and what the date alone says for each fuel. We do not have the fuel split for each year. Cars under 3 years old have no MOT yet, so the newest first-use year here is 2022.

Mazda MX-5 MOT tests 2022 to 2025 by the year the car was first used, all fuels, cars aged 3 to 25 at test. A year is listed when it has at least 1,000 tests.
First used	Tests (n)	Petrol, by date
2022	1,369	Generally Euro 4 or later
2021	2,959	Generally Euro 4 or later
2020	3,228	Generally Euro 4 or later
2019	16,274	Generally Euro 4 or later
2018	17,124	Generally Euro 4 or later
2017	18,305	Generally Euro 4 or later
2016	16,476	Generally Euro 4 or later
2015	11,949	Generally Euro 4 or later
2014	11,463	Generally Euro 4 or later
2013	12,457	Generally Euro 4 or later
2012	12,526	Generally Euro 4 or later
2011	13,653	Generally Euro 4 or later
2010	18,841	Generally Euro 4 or later
2009	16,864	Generally Euro 4 or later
2008	21,732	Generally Euro 4 or later
2007	31,060	Generally Euro 4 or later
2006	26,163	Generally Euro 4 or later
2005	13,823	Depends on the car
2004	13,759	Depends on the car
2003	17,550	Depends on the car
2002	13,560	Depends on the car
2001	8,313	Depends on the car
2000	11,622	Depends on the car
1999	9,241	Depends on the car
1998	5,846	Depends on the car
1997	2,101	Depends on the car

Zones that charge or fine cars

What a car below the standard pays. Electric cars meet the standard in every zone.
Zone	Petrol	Diesel	Below the standard
London ULEZ	Euro 4	Euro 6	£12.50 a day
Birmingham Clean Air Zone	Euro 4	Euro 6	£8 a day
Bristol Clean Air Zone	Euro 4	Euro 6	£9 a day
Oxford Zero Emission Zone	Euro 4	Euro 6	Every car pays except zero emission: £4 a day if it meets the standard, £10 if not
Glasgow Low Emission Zone	Euro 4	Euro 6	No charge to pay: a fine of £60 (£30 if paid within 14 days)
Edinburgh Low Emission Zone	Euro 4	Euro 6	No charge to pay: a fine of £60 (£30 if paid within 14 days)
Dundee Low Emission Zone	Euro 4	Euro 6	No charge to pay: a fine of £60 (£30 if paid within 14 days)
Aberdeen Low Emission Zone	Euro 4	Euro 6	No charge to pay: a fine of £60 (£30 if paid within 14 days)

Compliance is decided for each car, not for a model. A zone checks the Euro emissions standard the car was built to, which is on the V5C log book or the maker’s certificate of conformity. The years here are a guide: many cars first used before a cut-off still meet it. Check one car with our ULEZ checker or TfL’s vehicle checker. Exemptions such as the disabled tax class or historic vehicles depend on the car and its keeper.

Other Mazda models

All clean air zones

ULEZ and clean air zones compared, with every model by make.

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Sources

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025, on vehicles aged 3 to 25 at test. MOT data updated 28 September 2026.

Zone rules from Transport for London, GOV.UK, mygov.scot and council websites, checked 22 September 2026. London rules powered by TfL Open Data. Council figures come from each council’s website, linked on each zone page.

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