MG HS Exclusive
Registered from 2019 to 2022.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2020 1.5 petrol. 156 of 2,209 tests failed, 7%.
Better than 66% 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 | 42% | 65 |
| Tyres and wheels | 31% | 49 |
| Visibility | 13% | 21 |
| Lights and electrics | 10% | 15 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 6% | 9 |
| Plates and identity | 4% | 7 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- A tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative
- Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn
- A tyre cords visible or damaged
Where it stands out against its peers
- Brakes: failed more often than 96% of 2020 cars — 42% of its 156 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 — 42% of its failures
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn
- Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured
- Tyres and wheels — 31% of its failures
- A tyre seriously damaged
- A tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative
- A tyre cords visible or damaged
- Exhaust and emissions — 6% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 10% of its failures
- Visibility — 13% 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 14% of its inspections, against the 13% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–20k miles | 6% | 5% | 1,141 | |
| 20–40k miles | 8% | 10% | 946 | |
| 40–60k miles | 14% | 13% | 107 |
2,194 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 · 1610 kg · 2722 mm wheelbase · 7.4 L/100km (WLTP) |
| 2019 | 1.5 petrol · 1539 kg · 2722 mm wheelbase · 6.6 L/100km (WLTP) |