Tvr V8S MOT reliability

Tvr V8Ss passed their MOT first time 92% of the time across 63 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 63 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

92%

MOTs analysed

63

Still licensed (GB)

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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

1991 petrol

20 MOTs

Passed first time 100%. Typical mileage 50,000 (most between 31,000 and 78,500).

2005: 63% → 2006: 67% → 2007: 76% → 2008: 77% → 2009: 73% → 2010: 85% → 2011: 75% → 2012: 65% → 2013: 66% → 2014: 62% → 2015: 83% → 2016: 64% → 2017: 78% → 2018: 68% → 2019: 93% → 2020: 80% → 2021: 91% → 2022: 95% → 2023: 86% → 2024: 86% → 2025: 100%

Combined model spellings: UNCLASSIFIED, V8S. Mileage percentiles and individual failure rankings are unavailable for this combined group.

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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.