Does the McLaren 570 fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?

The McLaren 570 records 1.03 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.25 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+0.78, 95% interval +0.45 to +1.10). It ranks 30 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 McLaren 570 by registration

No single vehicle identification defect wording reaches 30 items on the McLaren 570; the failures are spread across several.