Abarth 124 Spider Multiair

What fails its inspection

Great Britain's MOT record for the 2018 1.4 petrol. 60 of 965 tests failed, 6%.

Better than 89% of 2018 cars. The typical one fails 10%, across 966 models with enough tests behind them to say.

The defects inspectors cite

• Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
• Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
• A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
• A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
• Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn
• Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction

Before you buy one

Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.

• Brakes — 32% of its failures
  • Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
  • A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn
• Exhaust and emissions — 13% of its failures
• Tyres and wheels — 13% of its failures
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A tyre seriously damaged
• Lights and electrics — 23% of its failures
  • A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
• Visibility — 25% of its failures
  • Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen

When it starts failing

At 40–60k miles this one fails 13% of its inspections, against the 12% an ordinary car of the same age fails.

954 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.

Half of these have more than 20k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.

Specification