Pass rate
95.8%
Above average — 4.6 pts ahead of the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 306 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £32–£114
2021 Ferrari F8 Spider MOT pass rate
- 2021
- typical 4,368 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
30.4% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 97.9% pass
- Avoid 2021 95.8% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 2.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 96.0%
- Typical mileage
- 4k mi
The 2021 Ferrari F8 Spider MOT pass rate is 95.8% of its MOT tests — 4.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 30.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Ferrari F8 Spider does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Visibility: 4.7× the national share
Visibility accounts for 23.2% of everything recorded on the 2021 Ferrari F8 Spider, against 5.0% nationally — 18.2 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 30.4%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Wipers, washers and a chip in the driver’s eyeline are the three quickest ways to fail a test that the car otherwise deserves to pass.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 91.2% and this one manages 95.8% — 4.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 14% 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.
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 2021 Ferrari F8 Spider compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 4.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 96.0%. The median 2021 Ferrari F8 Spider in this dataset had covered 4,368 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 93.6% of the time, April–September 97.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plates missing", noted on 1.31% of tests.
- 306 recorded tests behind this page.
- 95.8% overall pass rate, 96.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Ferrari F8 Spider, the average is 96.3% — best year 2022 (97.9%), worst 2021 (95.8%).
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
- 306
- Typical mileage (median)
- 4,368 mi
- Make and model
- Ferrari F8 Spider
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Replacement Service Parts
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the F8 Spider MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the F8 Spider
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 74 | 97.3% |
| East of England | 48 | 89.6% |
| West Midlands | 34 | 88.2% |
| Yorkshire | 30 | 96.7% |
| North West | 29 | 96.6% |
| East Midlands | 24 | 100.0% |
| South West | 23 | 100.0% |
| London | 23 | 100.0% |
| Scotland | 15 | 100.0% |
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 2021 F8 Spider
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 2021 F8 Spider
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 number plates 1.3% of tests
“registration plates missing”
Check both plates are present, legible and correctly spaced, with the postcode of the supplier and the BS AU 145e mark. A private plate in the wrong style is a fail before the car is even looked at.
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Check the wipers and washers 1.3% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
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.
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Check the lights 1.0% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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 2021 F8 Spider through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £32–£114 — and 14% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £32–£114
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 14%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 306 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 F8 Spider, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2021 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 95.8% to 97.9% — a spread of 2.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2021 95.8%registration plates missing
- 2022 97.9% registration plates does not…
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 2021 Ferrari F8 Spider 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- Honda Cr-V 95.9%
- Suzuki Vitara 96.0%
- Kia Stonic GT-Line 95.6%
- Honda Jazz 96.1%
- Suzuki SX4 S-Cross 95.4%
- Toyota YARIS 95.3%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Ferrari F8 Spider 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 56 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 | 17 | 30.40% | 19.76% | +10.64 |
| Visibility | 13 | 23.20% | 4.97% | +18.23 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 10 | 17.90% | 1.76% | +16.14 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7 | 12.50% | 5.52% | +6.98 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3 | 5.40% | 12.21% | −6.81 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 5.40% | 4.18% | +1.22 |
| Suspension | 1 | 1.80% | 20.98% | −19.18 |
| Brakes | 1 | 1.80% | 20.89% | −19.09 |
| Steering | 1 | 1.80% | 2.57% | −0.77 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plates missing Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 1.3% | £20–80 |
| Window excessively tinted but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.3% | £20–80 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.98% | £30–80 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.98% | £20–80 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 0.98% | £20–80 |
| Windscreen excessively tinted but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.98% | £80–200 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.65% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.65% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.33% | £60–250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.0% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 0.98% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 0.98% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 0.33% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 0.33% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 302 | 96.0% | 5,459 mi |
| 30-60k | 4 | 75.0% | 36,602 mi |
Source: 306 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.
2021 F8 Spider MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Ferrari F8 Spider?
95.8% of the 306 2021 Ferrari F8 Spider tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 96.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Ferrari F8 Spider?
The three most recorded items are registration plates missing (1.31%), window excessively tinted but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.31%), wipers blade defective (1.31%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Ferrari F8 Spider MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 96.0% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Ferrari F8 Spider in this dataset had covered 4,368 mi.
Does the season affect the 2021 Ferrari F8 Spider MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 93.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 97.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.