Saab 9-3 2007 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Saab 9-3 2007 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 83.7% in N down to 65.9% in BA — 17.9 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 53 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 17.9-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2007 Saab 9-3 in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.9 extra failures — about £31–£86 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
68 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: BMW X5 (17.9). Narrower: Jaguar Xf (17.8).
Rates are for the 2007 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BA | 65.9% | 375 |
| EX | 67.1% | 383 |
| EH | 68.3% | 347 |
| SN | 68.4% | 256 |
| PL | 68.9% | 315 |
| YO | 69.4% | 222 |
| CF | 70.0% | 427 |
| TA | 70.8% | 277 |
| BS | 70.8% | 503 |
| NP | 71.1% | 218 |
| CH | 71.4% | 276 |
| OX | 71.7% | 357 |
| NE | 72.3% | 332 |
| DE | 72.3% | 408 |
| GL | 72.4% | 413 |
| SO | 72.5% | 316 |
| IP | 72.7% | 385 |
| LS | 73.1% | 219 |
| CT | 73.1% | 253 |
| NG | 73.3% | 386 |
| PO | 73.4% | 542 |
| BH | 73.5% | 325 |
| BN | 73.6% | 397 |
| GU | 73.6% | 436 |
| TR | 73.8% | 279 |
| NN | 74.1% | 402 |
| SA | 74.3% | 280 |
| PR | 74.6% | 224 |
| MK | 74.8% | 318 |
| NR | 74.9% | 621 |
| CV | 75.0% | 336 |
| G | 75.0% | 332 |
| DN | 75.2% | 238 |
| CB | 75.4% | 341 |
| CM | 75.8% | 265 |
| LL | 76.1% | 301 |
| PE | 76.3% | 545 |
| CO | 76.5% | 264 |
| TN | 76.9% | 432 |
| LE | 77.3% | 510 |
| RH | 77.4% | 310 |
| ME | 78.2% | 211 |
| SK | 78.3% | 313 |
| RG | 78.6% | 457 |
| M | 78.8% | 236 |
| KT | 79.6% | 270 |
| SL | 80.1% | 236 |
| HP | 80.2% | 318 |
| B | 80.7% | 698 |
| SE | 80.8% | 239 |
| S | 83.2% | 512 |
| SG | 83.5% | 255 |
| N | 83.7% | 252 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (74.9%), 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 9 points above its own all-years national rate.