Delorean MOT reliability

First-time MOT pass rates for 6 Delorean models.

These figures come from 42 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Model	First-time pass rate	MOTs analysed	Years
Delorean DMC12 Very few MOTs	81%	16	1980–1999
Delorean Dmc Very few MOTs	77%	13	1980–1983
Delorean Unclassified Very few MOTs	86%	7	1981–1994
Delorean Delorean Very few MOTs	75%	4	1980–1986
Delorean De Very few MOTs	100%	1	1982–1982
Delorean Coupe Very few MOTs	100%	1	1981–1981

Models marked “Few MOTs” or “Very few MOTs” have only a small number of tests behind them. With so few cars, one more pass or fail can move the pass rate a long way, so compare them with care.

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Based on recent initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.