Bentley Continental 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

8.7% of 4,504 MOT tests of the Bentley Continental first registered in 2012 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 107.4 (95% CI 96.8–118.0; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2012 build year is no different from other years of the same model at the same age.

Bentley Continental built in 2012 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	8.7	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	4504
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 96.8–118.0)	107.4	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	4504
Rank among this model's 17 build years	16	of 17	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	4504
Tested in 2024	746	tests	median 42,593 miles	2024	746

Built 2012 against Bentley Continental normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 10.8% vs 7.4%; age 8: 6.7% vs 6.9%; age 9: 8.4% vs 7.6%; age 10: 9.9% vs 7.5%; age 11: 8% vs 9.5%; age 12: 8.3% vs 9.9%. Axis from 0% to 20%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2012 Bentley Continental by registration · All Bentley Continental MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2012 Bentley Continental fail at each age?

Cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Bentley Continental built 2012: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
7	785	10.8	8.8–13.2	7.4	145.4
8	727	6.7	5.1–8.8	6.9	98
9	750	8.4	6.6–10.6	7.6	111.1
10	748	9.9	8–12.2	7.5	132.1
11	748	8	6.3–10.2	9.5	84.3
12	746	8.3	6.5–10.5	9.9	84.3

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 4,504 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2012 Bentley Continental?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is tyres: 4.6 items per 100 first tests, against 3.7 across all build years of the Bentley Continental. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Bentley Continental built 2012 against the Bentley Continental in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2012, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Tyres	4.6	3.7	206
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	3.6	4.2	162
Visibility	2	2.1	92
Brakes	1.3	2.7	60
Noise, emissions and leaks	0.9	2.3	39

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 4,504 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2012 compare with the years around it?

Among the 17 published build years of the Bentley Continental, 2012 ranks 16 (1 = fails least for its age). 2011: index 101.9. 2013: index 100.8.

Bentley Continental build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2004	113.1	106.3–119.9	worse	7,217
2005	104.6	98.1–111.1	no different	7,612
2006	101.6	94.8–108.3	no different	7,038
2007	90.9	84.9–96.8	better	8,512
2008	98.7	90.9–106.5	no different	5,557
2009	91.5	80.1–102.9	no different (rough estimate)	2,652
2010	104.4	93.2–115.7	no different (rough estimate)	3,358
2011	101.9	90.4–113.4	no different (rough estimate)	3,437
2012	107.4	96.8–118.0	no different	4,504
2013	100.8	89.9–111.7	no different	4,412
2014	99.2	88.3–110.2	no different	4,669
2015	89.5	79.2–99.9	better	4,966
2016	94.0	83.3–104.8	no different	5,171
2017	89.7	76.6–102.8	no different (rough estimate)	3,513
2018	97.6	81.1–114.1	no different (rough estimate)	2,491
2019	99.0	82.0–116.0	no different (rough estimate)	2,461
2020	90.1	66.9–113.3	no different (rough estimate)	1,272

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 78,842 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Bentley Continental 2012 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/bentley-continental/2012/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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