Pass rate, all models
83.8% Around average
3,028,500 tests across 59 models, 2000–2024.
Land Rover MOT pass rates
Land Rover MOT pass rates, ranked across 59 models and 3,028,500 DVSA MOT tests between 2000 and 2024, from the Defender Hard Top (94.2%) to the Freelander (77.1%). The tables below compare every model with enough tests to rank, list the most-tested models, and link to each model's own pass-rate and fault pages.
How Land Rover models compare on the MOT
The spread across Land Rover models is wide — 94.2% for the Defender Hard Top at the top and 77.1% for the Freelander at the bottom, a 17.1-point gap across 5,572 and 444,821 recorded tests respectively. Most Land Rover models sit much closer to the middle (around 90.6%, on 5,149 tests for the Discovery Landmark SD6). The best and worst are both real DVSA results, not opinions: the pass rate is the share of every completed MOT test for that model that ended in a pass.
Every figure above is drawn from the DVSA's class-4 MOT records for the 2000–2024 data years: 3,028,500 tests across 59 Land Rover models. A pass rate counts every completed test — first attempt and retests — so the figures above include a van or motorhome being tested twice in one year. The first-time pass figures on each model page are lower as a result. See the methodology page for exactly how each rate is calculated and how the DVSA source data is filtered.
Best model
Defender Hard Top94.2%
Worst model
Freelander77.1%
All Land Rover models ranked by pass rate
| Model | Pass rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|
| Defender Hard Top 4 variants | 94.2% | 5,572 |
| Defender Xs | 93.7% | 2,178 |
| Defender Xdynamic HSE | 93.4% | 2,966 |
| Defender X-Dynamic | 93.2% | 4,673 |
| Range Rover Autobio 2 variants | 92.7% | 2,972 |
| R Rover 3 variants | 92.3% | 10,580 |
| Range Rover Vogue 2 variants | 92.2% | 2,119 |
| Rrover | 92.2% | 2,052 |
| Defender HSE D | 92.0% | 3,714 |
| Discovery R-Dynam HSE | 91.8% | 4,774 |
| R R Evoque | 91.8% | 2,231 |
| Discovery Rdynamic | 91.4% | 3,948 |
| R Rover Velar 3 variants | 91.3% | 8,709 |
| R Rover Wstmnstr | 90.9% | 2,478 |
| Rr | 90.6% | 5,667 |
| Discovery Landmark SD6 | 90.6% | 5,149 |
| Discovery HSE SD6 | 90.5% | 7,554 |
| R Rover Evoque 5 variants | 90.4% | 49,087 |
| Discovery HSE SDV6 | 90.1% | 4,809 |
| Discovery Luxury HSE 4 variants | 90.0% | 11,286 |
| Rrover Evoque R-Dyn | 89.8% | 3,038 |
| Rrover Evoque Rdyn | 89.3% | 2,530 |
| Range Rover Velar 9 variants | 88.8% | 99,787 |
| Discovery Spt Rdyn 2 variants | 87.9% | 9,538 |
| Range Rover Evoque 9 variants | 87.0% | 550,070 |
| Discovry | 86.9% | 3,234 |
| Range Rover 4 variants | 84.5% | 679,145 |
| Discovery 5 variants | 83.5% | 816,484 |
| Defender 3 variants | 80.3% | 256,078 |
| Freelander 7 variants | 77.1% | 444,821 |
Ranked by aggregate pass rate across all years, for the 30 models with at least 2,000 tests — the 29 smaller Land Rover models are listed below, unranked.
Other Land Rover models
Fewer than 2,000 tests each, so they are not ranked — every model still has its own pass-rate page.
- Defender X92.7%
- Discovery HSE SD489.0%
- Discovery HSE D93.4%
- Discovery Spt Urbn86.8%
- Discovery Ann-Sary88.2%
- Range Rover Westminster94.1%
- Range Rover HSE92.2%
- Range Rover Westmnstr92.6%
- Range Rover Autobiography91.7%
- Discovery Landmark SD488.3%
- Defender D91.6%
- Discovery Spt R-Dyn86.4%
- Defender V892.8%
- Discovery R-Dynamic90.0%
- Defender X-Dynamic HSE93.3%
- Defender V8 Carpathian93.8%
- R Rover Westmnstr92.3%
- Sport84.5%
- Range Rover Fifty91.1%
- Discovery HSE SI487.9%
- Defender HSE95.2%
- Defender X D94.5%
- Discovery Metro90.7%
- Discovery R-Dynamic HSE89.5%
- Range Rover Spt90.7%
- Range Rover Sva-Bio87.7%
- Range Rover Westminstr91.7%
- Defender Hdtp Xdyn92.3%
- Range Rover SV91.7%
Most-tested Land Rover models
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Reading the numbers
A pass rate covers every completed test recorded for that model and year, including retests. First-attempt figures are lower. See how we calculate.