Volkswagen Lupo
Registered from 1999 to 2005.
About this model
The Volkswagen Lupo is a city car that was produced by the German car manufacturer Volkswagen from 1998 to 2005. It shares most of its aspects with the Volkswagen Group's SEAT Arosa, both derived from the Volkswagen Polo Mk3 platform, mainly differing in styling and equipment. It is a three-door hatchback with a front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout. The Lupo name is Latin, meaning wolf, and is named after its home town of Wolfsburg.
From the Wikipedia article Volkswagen Lupo, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2002 1.0 petrol. 216 of 859 tests failed, 25%.
Better than 67% of 2002 cars. The typical one fails 27%, across 558 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Lights and electrics | 46% | 100 |
| Suspension | 43% | 93 |
| Brakes | 28% | 61 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 28% | 61 |
| Body and structure | 26% | 56 |
| Visibility | 23% | 49 |
The defects inspectors cite
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Exhaust system leaking or insecure
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Suspension — 43% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Brakes — 28% of its failures
- Exhaust and emissions — 28% of its failures
- Exhaust system leaking or insecure
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Lights and electrics — 46% of its failures
- Body and structure — 26% of its failures
- Visibility — 23% of its failures
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
When it starts failing
At 120–140k miles this one fails 27% of its inspections, against the 29% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20–40k miles | 23% | 18% | 93 | |
| 40–60k miles | 20% | 22% | 168 | |
| 60–80k miles | 24% | 25% | 192 | |
| 80–100k miles | 30% | 27% | 204 | |
| 100–120k miles | 24% | 28% | 97 | |
| 120–140k miles | 27% | 29% | 62 |
816 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.