Volvo V50 2008 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Volvo V50 2008 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 77.9% in B down to 62.9% in PL — 15 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 43 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 15-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2008 Volvo V50 in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.8 extra failures — about £29–£89 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
114 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Volvo V40 (15). Narrower: Hyundai Kona (14.8).
Rates are for the 2008 model year only, in areas with at least 200 tests of it. Mileage, trim and use are pooled — a city van and a motorway van are one line here. Method. Compare it with the model's full history or this exact year.
Every postcode area, worst first
| Area | Pass rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|
| PL | 62.9% | 402 |
| EH | 63.3% | 259 |
| BS | 63.7% | 419 |
| EX | 64.2% | 439 |
| TR | 65.7% | 309 |
| BA | 66.3% | 285 |
| CB | 66.5% | 212 |
| YO | 66.6% | 338 |
| CA | 66.7% | 219 |
| SN | 67.2% | 250 |
| PO | 67.2% | 348 |
| BN | 67.3% | 330 |
| TQ | 67.6% | 219 |
| CO | 68.2% | 217 |
| BH | 68.5% | 260 |
| OX | 68.6% | 299 |
| CF | 68.6% | 312 |
| DE | 68.6% | 236 |
| CH | 68.7% | 265 |
| DN | 68.8% | 272 |
| CT | 68.8% | 263 |
| SO | 69.0% | 342 |
| SA | 69.1% | 320 |
| GU | 69.5% | 347 |
| NR | 69.5% | 413 |
| NE | 69.7% | 251 |
| PE | 69.8% | 490 |
| LS | 70.2% | 208 |
| RH | 70.5% | 258 |
| NG | 70.7% | 399 |
| GL | 71.1% | 280 |
| IP | 71.4% | 412 |
| LL | 71.5% | 281 |
| CV | 71.7% | 297 |
| LE | 71.7% | 322 |
| WF | 72.0% | 200 |
| TN | 72.2% | 367 |
| RG | 73.3% | 326 |
| G | 73.8% | 229 |
| S | 74.3% | 447 |
| L | 75.5% | 200 |
| M | 75.6% | 225 |
| B | 77.9% | 466 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (71.1%), not against the national rate for all cars — a number that would flatter a new model and punish an old one.
What this cannot tell you
- Which garage to use. There is no test-station field in the anonymised data, so no station is implicated by any of this — why. The station directory lists what is near you.
- That the area causes it. Cars in some areas do more short trips, see more salt, or have owners who wait for an advisory to become a failure. The test cannot separate those.
- Anything about a single car. These are rates over hundreds or thousands of tests, not a prediction for one vehicle — one car with a bad exhaust is one car with a bad exhaust.
For context, this model's best area runs 7 points above its own all-years national rate.