Renault Twingo 2008: MOT failure rate for its age

47.6% of 20,386 MOT tests of the Renault Twingo first registered in 2008 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 104.3 (95% CI 102.2–106.3; 100 = normal for this model at that age): close to other build years of the same model at the same age (within 5 points of normal).

Renault Twingo built in 2008 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	47.6	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	20386
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 102.2–106.3)	104.3	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	20386
Rank among this model's 13 build years	11	of 13	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	20386
Tested in 2024	2657	tests	median 85,412 miles	2024	2657

Built 2008 against Renault Twingo normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 11: 46.1% vs 46%; age 12: 47% vs 45%; age 13: 48.2% vs 46%; age 14: 47.8% vs 44.3%; age 15: 47.7% vs 45.5%; age 16: 49.2% vs 47.4%. Axis from 0% to 50%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2008 Renault Twingo by registration · All Renault Twingo MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2008 Renault Twingo fail at each age?

Cars built in 2008 were tested at ages 11 to 16 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Renault Twingo built 2008: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
11	4,116	46.1	44.6–47.6	46	100.4
12	3,671	47	45.4–48.7	45	104.7
13	3,564	48.2	46.5–49.8	46	104.8
14	3,338	47.8	46.1–49.5	44.3	107.8
15	3,040	47.7	46–49.5	45.5	105
16	2,657	49.2	47.3–51.1	47.4	103.9

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 20,386 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2008 Renault Twingo?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2008 is suspension: 33.4 items per 100 first tests, against 19.6 across all build years of the Renault Twingo. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2008 were tested at ages 11 to 16.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Renault Twingo built 2008 against the Renault Twingo in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2008, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Suspension	33.4	19.6	6,813
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	31	16.9	6,320
Brakes	21.4	12.3	4,369
Tyres	12.7	9.7	2,581
Visibility	11.2	9	2,289

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 20,386 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2008 compare with the years around it?

Among the 13 published build years of the Renault Twingo, 2008 ranks 11 (1 = fails least for its age). 2007: index 99.9. 2009: index 92.7.

Renault Twingo build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2007	99.9	95.0–104.8	no different (rough estimate)	3,441
2008	104.3	102.2–106.3	worse	20,386
2009	92.7	90.0–95.4	better	10,874
2010	100.0	98.2–101.8	no different	27,281
2011	107.7	105.2–110.3	worse	15,890
2012	101.4	97.7–105.1	no different	7,939
2013	107.4	102.8–111.9	worse	6,118
2014	94.7	90.0–99.4	better	5,639
2015	99.2	97.0–101.4	no different	31,044
2016	97.6	94.4–100.7	no different	18,049
2017	81.2	76.4–86.0	better	7,324
2018	94.9	86.8–103.1	no different (rough estimate)	3,230
2019	76.2	59.6–92.8	better (rough estimate)	691

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 157,906 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Renault Twingo 2008 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/renault-twingo/2008/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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