Does the Caterham Seven fail the MOT on body, chassis and structure more than it should?
The Caterham Seven records 0.65 body, chassis and structure failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 14.11 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−13.46, 95% interval −14.24 to −12.68). It ranks 652 of 663 models on body, chassis and structure (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on body, chassis and structure · check a Caterham Seven by registration
No single body, chassis and structure defect wording reaches 30 items on the Caterham Seven; the failures are spread across several.
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