Vauxhall Tigra
Registered from 1997 to 2010.
About this model
The Opel Tigra name has been applied to two different cars engineered and produced by the German automaker Opel, both based on different iterations of the Corsa supermini, the first built in Spain, the second in France. The first Tigra was a small 2+2 coupé, produced from 1994 to 2000. The later compact hard topped convertible roadster model was introduced in May 2004.
From the Wikipedia article Opel Tigra, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2009 1.4 petrol. 653 of 2,116 tests failed, 31%.
Better than 9% of 2009 cars. The typical one fails 25%, across 961 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 50% | 324 |
| Suspension | 47% | 308 |
| Lights and electrics | 27% | 178 |
| Tyres and wheels | 26% | 169 |
| Visibility | 16% | 102 |
| Body and structure | 15% | 97 |
The defects inspectors cite
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A tyre seriously damaged
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value
Where it stands out against its peers
- Brakes: failed more often than 93% of 2009 cars — 50% of its 653 failed tests, where an ordinary 2009 car has 30%.
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 — 50% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value
- Suspension — 47% of its failures
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- Tyres and wheels — 26% of its failures
- A tyre seriously damaged
- A tyre cords visible or damaged
- Lights and electrics — 27% of its failures
- Visibility — 16% of its failures
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Body and structure — 15% of its failures
When it starts failing
At 120–140k miles this one fails 36% of its inspections, against the 29% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–20k miles | 23% | 11% | 43 | |
| 20–40k miles | 24% | 15% | 201 | |
| 40–60k miles | 29% | 20% | 551 | |
| 60–80k miles | 31% | 23% | 624 | |
| 80–100k miles | 34% | 26% | 444 | |
| 100–120k miles | 34% | 28% | 155 | |
| 120–140k miles | 36% | 29% | 39 |
2,057 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 60k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.