Car News Articles

One car in five fails its first MOT at three years old, says the IAM Motoring Trust.

This is a higher failure rate than in many other European countries where cars are first tested at four years old, but the IAM Trust questions whether this actually affects the rate of accidents due to mechanical issues. It also points out that in many other European countries, testing and remedial work are carried out by separate garages, removing incentives for test stations to ‘find’ faults.

Read more