Does the Abarth 595 fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?

The Abarth 595 records 0.54 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.26 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) (+0.28, 95% interval +0.23 to +0.33). It ranks 109 of 636 models on vehicle identification (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on vehicle identification?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Abarth 595 is “Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements”, recorded 376 times in 2019–2024.

Abarth 595: most frequent vehicle identification defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements	376	0.43
Number plate missing or so insecure that it is likely to fall off	39	0.04
Number plate inscription missing or illegible	34	0.04

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 87,718 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

Does the Abarth 595 fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?

What exactly fails on vehicle identification?

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