Panther Kallista MOT reliability

Panther Kallistas passed their MOT first time 81% of the time across 94 tests in 2025. 33 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 94 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

81%

MOTs analysed

94

Still licensed (GB)

33

Body type

Convertible

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

1987 petrol

20 MOTs

Passed first time 90%. Typical mileage 44,415 (most between 26,645 and 68,956).

2005: 88% → 2006: 88% → 2007: 95% → 2008: 71% → 2009: 67% → 2010: 70% → 2011: 57% → 2012: 63% → 2013: 79% → 2014: 91% → 2015: 71% → 2016: 76% → 2017: 73% → 2018: 96% → 2019: 81% → 2020: 77% → 2021: 65% → 2022: 58% → 2023: 80% → 2024: 75% → 2025: 90%

Most common failures

Stop lamp: not working (5.0%)
Ball joint excessively worn (5.0%)
Position lamp: not working (5.0%)
Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (5.0%)

Where 1987 Kallistas fail

Lights & electrics

5.0%

Suspension & axles

5.0%

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Based on 2025 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.