Does the Lotus Elise fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

The Lotus Elise records 0.14 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.48 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) (−0.34, 95% interval −0.42 to −0.27). It ranks 494 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Lotus Elise by registration

No single road wheels defect wording reaches 30 items on the Lotus Elise; the failures are spread across several.