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

The Lotus Elise records 1.93 tyres failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 8.77 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−6.84, 95% interval −7.18 to −6.51). It ranks 738 of 751 models on tyres (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on tyres?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Lotus Elise is “Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements”, recorded 295 times in 2019–2024.

Lotus Elise: most frequent tyres defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements	295	0.98
A tyre seriously damaged	110	0.36
A tyre valve seriously damaged or misaligned likely to cause sudden deflation of the tyre	62	0.21
A tyre not fitted in compliance with the manufacturers sidewall instruction	41	0.14

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 30,192 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

If a Lotus Elise gets a tyres advisory, how often does it fail next time?

5.2% of Lotus Elise MOTs with a tyres advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.4 months and 775 miles later (1,967 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,967 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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

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