Does the Fiat Seicento fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?

The Fiat Seicento records 0.30 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.80 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−0.50, 95% interval −0.64 to −0.36). It ranks 634 of 636 models on vehicle identification (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on vehicle identification · check a Fiat Seicento by registration

No single vehicle identification defect wording reaches 30 items on the Fiat Seicento; the failures are spread across several.