Does the Morgan Plus 4 fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?
The Morgan Plus 4 records 0.52 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.57 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) (−0.05, 95% interval −0.18 to +0.07). It ranks 398 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 Morgan Plus 4 by registration
What exactly fails on vehicle identification?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Morgan Plus 4 is “Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements”, recorded 61 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements | 61 | 0.44 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 13,882 (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
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