People carriers with the best MOT pass rates

Passenger versions of commercial vans — Tourneo, Caravelle, Multivan, Viano, SpaceTourer, Berlingo Multispace — ranked on 9 models with at least 2,000 tests each. They are MOT-tested as cars, but ranking them against hatchbacks would flatter nobody. Data: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, 2023–2025.

Makes ranked by people-carrier pass rate

5 makes · 2,000+ tests each · ranked on every test on record

Makes ranked by people-carrier pass rate, highest first
# Mark Make Pass rate Tests Models
1 Peugeot 84.9% 5,914 2
2 Citroen 84.1% 21,329 3
3 Ford 83.9% 132,234 4
4 Volkswagen 78.3% 57,427 6
5 Mercedes-Benz 77.4% 19,833 1

People carriers ranked by MOT pass rate

9 models · 2,000+ tests each · vs UK average is points of pass rate

People carriers ranked by MOT pass rate, highest first
# Model Pass rate vs UK avg Tests Best year
1 Volkswagen Multivan 94.5% +13.5 3,278 2024
2 Ford Tourneo Custom 86.9% +5.9 31,825 2025
3 Peugeot Traveller 84.8% +3.8 5,535 2019
4 Ford Tourneo Connect 84.6% +3.6 49,624 2023
5 Citroen Spacetourer 84.5% +3.5 9,924 2019
6 Citroen Berlingo Multispace 83.7% +2.7 11,279 2019
7 Ford Tourneo 81.2% +0.2 49,920 2020
8 Mercedes-Benz Viano 77.4% −3.6 19,833 2014
9 Volkswagen Caravelle 77.2% −3.8 52,713 2022

What counts as a people carrier here

A van converted to carry people: Ford Tourneo in all its sizes, Volkswagen Caravelle and Multivan, Mercedes-Benz Viano, Citroën SpaceTourer and Berlingo Multispace, Peugeot Traveller. The line is drawn at the vehicle, not the badge — an MPV people buy as a car (Zafira, Galaxy, C4 Picasso, Toyota Verso) is ranked with the cars, and the panel van it is derived from (Transit, Transporter, Berlingo) is ranked with the vans.

Rankings exclude vans and motorhomes by the same rule the car leaderboard uses, and the vans those conversions start from have their own van ranking. How the sample thresholds and pass rates are calculated: methodology.