Does the Abarth 124 fail the MOT on noise, emissions and leaks more than it should?

The Abarth 124 records 1.12 noise, emissions and leaks failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.85 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (+0.27, 95% interval +0.04 to +0.50). It ranks 213 of 678 models on noise, emissions and leaks (1 = most failures above expected).

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No single noise, emissions and leaks defect wording reaches 30 items on the Abarth 124; the failures are spread across several.