Pass rate
92.3%
Above average — 1.6 pts ahead of the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 52 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £35–£75
2020 Aston Martin Vantage V8 Roadster MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 13,108 mi
Only 52 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Tyres
50.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 98.1% pass
- Avoid 2020 92.3% pass · this year
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 5.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 91.7%
- Typical mileage
- 13k mi
The 2020 Aston Martin Vantage V8 Roadster MOT pass rate is 92.3% of its MOT tests — 1.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 50.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Aston Martin Vantage V8 Roadster does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.5× the national share
Tyres make up 50.0% of everything recorded on the 2020 Aston Martin Vantage V8 Roadster, against 19.8% nationally — 30.2 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 25% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
- Based on a small sample. 52 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2020 Aston Martin Vantage V8 Roadster compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 1.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 91.7%. The median 2020 Aston Martin Vantage V8 Roadster in this dataset had covered 13,108 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 5.77% of tests.
- 52 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.3% overall pass rate, 91.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Aston Martin Vantage V8 Roadster, the average is 96.9% — best year 2021 (98.1%), worst 2020 (92.3%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 52
- Typical mileage (median)
- 13,108 mi
- Make and model
- Aston Martin Vantage V8 Roadster
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Vantage V8 Roadster MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 84% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Vantage V8 Roadster
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 18 | 88.9% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2020 Vantage V8 Roadster
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2020 Vantage V8 Roadster
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the wipers and washers 1.9% of tests
“washers not working”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2020 Vantage V8 Roadster through its MOT
Across the 2 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £35–£75 — and 25% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 2 common items
- £35–£75
- Cheapest common item: washers not working
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep…
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 100%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 25%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 52 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Vantage V8 Roadster, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2020 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 92.3% to 98.1% — a spread of 5.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 92.3%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 98.1% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 96.8% catalyst emissions lambda reading…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2020 Aston Martin Vantage V8 Roadster with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2020 cars with a similar record
- MINI COOPER 92.3%
- Fiat Panda 92.3%
- Jeep Renegade 92.2%
- Renault Captur 92.4%
- MINI Countryman 92.4%
- Citroen C1 92.4%
Closest pass rates among 2020 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2020 Aston Martin Vantage V8 Roadster 2 failure items · 6 advisories · 5 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 18 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 9 | 50.00% | 19.76% | +30.24 |
| Brakes | 3 | 16.70% | 20.89% | −4.19 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 16.70% | 4.18% | +12.52 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 11.10% | 1.76% | +9.34 |
| Visibility | 1 | 5.60% | 4.97% | +0.63 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 5.8% | £45–95 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 1.9% | £5–15 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.8% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 5.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.9% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 3.9% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates insecure Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 3.9% | £20–80 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 1.9% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 52 | 92.3% | 13,102 mi |
Source: 52 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2020 Vantage V8 Roadster MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Aston Martin Vantage V8 Roadster?
92.3% of the 52 2020 Aston Martin Vantage V8 Roadster tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 91.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Aston Martin Vantage V8 Roadster?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (5.77%), washers not working (1.92%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Aston Martin Vantage V8 Roadster MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.3% of the time, falling to 92.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Aston Martin Vantage V8 Roadster in this dataset had covered 13,108 mi.