Pass rate
98.5%
Above average — 10.6 pts ahead of the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 65 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £62–£181
2018 McLaren 600LT V8 MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 8,462 mi
Only 65 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
Visibility
42.9% of faults · 5.0% nationally
mostly wipers, washers and chips in the driver’s view.
Which year to buy
- Best 2018 98.5% pass · this year
- Avoid 2019 97.0% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 1.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 98.4%
- Typical mileage
- 8k mi
The 2018 McLaren 600LT V8 MOT pass rate is 98.5% of its MOT tests — 10.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Visibility is the biggest single reason it fails, at 42.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how McLaren 600LT V8 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Visibility: 8.6× the national share
Visibility accounts for 42.9% of everything recorded on the 2018 McLaren 600lt V8, against 5.0% nationally — 37.9 points above. 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 87.9% and this one manages 98.5% — 10.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 0% 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 2018 McLaren 600LT V8 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 10.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 98.4%. The median 2018 McLaren 600LT V8 in this dataset had covered 8,462 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 3.08% of tests.
- 65 recorded tests behind this page.
- 98.5% overall pass rate, 98.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the McLaren 600LT V8, the average is 97.5% — best year 2018 (98.5%), worst 2019 (97.0%).
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
- 65
- Typical mileage (median)
- 8,462 mi
- Make and model
- McLaren 600LT V8
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the 600LT V8 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 90% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 600LT V8
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 22 | 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 2018 600LT V8
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 2018 600LT V8
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 windscreen 3.1% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the exhaust and emissions 1.5% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the shock absorbers 1.5% of tests
“shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
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 2018 600LT V8 through its MOT
Across the 3 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £62–£181 — and 0% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 3 common items
- £62–£181
- Cheapest common item: shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak
- £30–£75
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 33%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 0%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 65 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 600LT V8, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2018 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 97.0% to 98.5% — a spread of 1.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2018 98.5%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 97.0% linkage ball joint dust cover…
- 2020 98.0% registration plates missing
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 2018 McLaren 600LT V8 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Lexus Rx 95.9%
- Levc Tx Vista Comfort 95.5%
- Porsche 911 95.2%
- Porsche Boxster 95.0%
- Porsche Cayman 94.7%
- Porsche Macan 94.1%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 McLaren 600LT V8 3 failure items · 3 advisories · 4 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visibility | 3 | 42.90% | 4.97% | +37.93 |
| Suspension | 2 | 28.60% | 20.98% | +7.62 |
| Tyres | 1 | 14.30% | 19.76% | −5.46 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 14.30% | 5.52% | +8.78 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.1% | £80–200 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Rectified | 1.5% | £60–250 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 1.5% | £30–75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver's view of an obligatory external mirror significantly affected by an obstruction Visibility | Advisory | 1.5% | £20–80 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 1.5% | £30–75 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.5% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 65 | 98.5% | 9,135 mi |
Source: 65 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.
2018 600LT V8 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 McLaren 600LT V8?
98.5% of the 65 2018 McLaren 600LT V8 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 98.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 McLaren 600LT V8?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.08%), catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (1.54%), shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (1.54%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 McLaren 600LT V8 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 98.5% of the time, falling to 98.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 McLaren 600LT V8 in this dataset had covered 8,462 mi.