Does the Lotus Evora fail the MOT on noise, emissions and leaks more than it should?

The Lotus Evora records 1.13 noise, emissions and leaks failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 2.92 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−1.79, 95% interval −2.30 to −1.29). It ranks 529 of 678 models on noise, emissions and leaks (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on noise, emissions and leaks · check a Lotus Evora by registration

No single noise, emissions and leaks defect wording reaches 30 items on the Lotus Evora; the failures are spread across several.