Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

23.0% of 81,201 MOT tests of the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 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 108.7 (95% CI 107.2–110.3; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque fails more often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Land Rover Range Rover Evoque built in 2012 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	23.0	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	81201
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 107.2–110.3)	108.7	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	81201
Rank among this model's 10 build years	7	of 10	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	81201
Tested in 2024	13117	tests	median 98,783 miles	2024	13117

Built 2012 against Land Rover Range Rover Evoque normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 21.5% vs 18.7%; age 8: 20.9% vs 18.5%; age 9: 22% vs 20.3%; age 10: 23.4% vs 21.6%; age 11: 24.6% vs 23.5%; age 12: 25.6% vs 24.5%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

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

How does the 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 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.

Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 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	14,126	21.5	20.8–22.2	18.7	115.1
8	13,175	20.9	20.2–21.6	18.5	112.8
9	13,705	22	21.3–22.7	20.3	108.7
10	13,637	23.4	22.7–24.1	21.6	108.4
11	13,441	24.6	23.9–25.4	23.5	104.9
12	13,117	25.6	24.8–26.3	24.5	104.5

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 81,201 (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 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 8.3 items per 100 first tests, against 4.5 across all build years of the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Land Rover Range Rover Evoque built 2012 against the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2012, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	8.3	4.5	6,777
Suspension	8.2	2.7	6,697
Brakes	7.6	5.5	6,156
Tyres	7.3	6.5	5,895
Visibility	5.7	3.8	4,658

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 81,201 (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 10 published build years of the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, 2012 ranks 7 (1 = fails least for its age). 2011: index 100.4. 2013: index 109.0.

Land Rover Range Rover Evoque build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2011	100.4	97.7–103.1	no different	23,683
2012	108.7	107.2–110.3	worse	81,201
2013	109.0	107.3–110.6	worse	77,252
2014	106.1	104.6–107.6	worse	98,415
2015	103.7	102.3–105.2	worse	116,232
2016	89.9	88.7–91.2	better	152,640
2017	91.2	89.7–92.6	better	121,295
2018	93.8	91.8–95.9	better	67,281
2019	108.7	106.1–111.2	worse	54,323
2020	110.3	106.4–114.1	worse	26,289

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 818,611 (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). Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 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/land-rover-range-rover-evoque/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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