Rapido S8 MOT reliability

Rapido S8s passed their MOT first time 88% of the time across 50 tests in 2025. 81 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 50 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

88%

MOTs analysed

50

Still licensed (GB)

81

Body type

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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

2021 diesel

10 MOTs

These figures come from only 10 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 100%. Typical mileage 10,013 (most between 4,820 and 19,575).

2024: 90% → 2025: 100%

Most common failures

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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.