MG HS Excite
Registered from 2020 to 2022.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2020 1.5 petrol. 83 of 900 tests failed, 9%.
Better than 37% of 2020 cars. The typical one fails 8%, across 906 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 36% | 30 |
| Tyres and wheels | 28% | 23 |
| Visibility | 18% | 15 |
| Lights and electrics | 11% | 9 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 5% | 4 |
| Body and structure | 4% | 3 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- Brake lining or pad worn down to wear indicator
Where it stands out against its peers
- Brakes: failed more often than 93% of 2020 cars — 36% of its 83 failed tests, where an ordinary 2020 car has 16%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 36% of its failures
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn
- Brake lining or pad worn down to wear indicator
- Tyres and wheels — 28% of its failures
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- Lights and electrics — 11% of its failures
- Brake lining or pad worn down to wear indicator
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- A registration plate lamp likely to become detached
- Visibility — 18% of its failures
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
When it starts failing
At 40–60k miles this one fails 17% of its inspections, against the 13% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–20k miles | 5% | 5% | 464 | |
| 20–40k miles | 13% | 10% | 368 | |
| 40–60k miles | 17% | 13% | 59 |
891 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have under 20k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 1.5 petrol · 160 hp · 1564 kg · 2722 mm wheelbase · 7.4 L/100km (WLTP) |