Pass rate, all models
80.9% Around average
43,931 tests across 38 models, 2003–2022.
Smart MOT pass rates
Smart MOT pass rates, ranked across 38 models and 43,931 DVSA MOT tests between 2003 and 2022, from the Fortwo Passion Mhd (80.6%) to the City Passion (75.1%). 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 Smart models compare on the MOT
The spread across Smart models is wide — 80.6% for the Fortwo Passion Mhd at the top and 75.1% for the City Passion at the bottom, a 5.5-point gap across 9,685 and 2,118 recorded tests respectively. Most Smart models sit much closer to the middle (around 79.2%, on 4,792 tests for the Roadster). 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 2003–2022 data years: 43,931 tests across 38 Smart 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
Fortwo Passion Mhd80.6%
Worst model
City Passion75.1%
All Smart models ranked by pass rate
| Model | Pass rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|
| Fortwo Passion Mhd | 80.6% | 9,685 |
| Fortwo Pulse Mhd | 80.4% | 2,420 |
| Fortwo 2 variants | 79.7% | 2,683 |
| Roadster 6 variants | 79.2% | 4,792 |
| Fortwo Passion 3 variants | 77.8% | 6,051 |
| City Passion 2 variants | 75.1% | 2,118 |
Ranked by aggregate pass rate across all years, for the 6 models with at least 2,000 tests — the 32 smaller Smart models are listed below, unranked.
Other Smart models
Fewer than 2,000 tests each, so they are not ranked — every model still has its own pass-rate page.
- Eq Forfour90.9%
- Fortwo Pulse78.5%
- Forfour Passion72.3%
- Eq Fortwo Prime95.0%
- Eq Fortwo95.1%
- Eq Forfour Pulse88.6%
- Eq Forfour Prime90.8%
- Eq Fortwo Pulse94.2%
- Forfour Pulse70.4%
- Forfour Coolstyle73.7%
- Forfour Passion Semi-Auto76.2%
- Fortwo Brabus83.8%
- Forfour75.2%
- Forfour Brabus76.4%
- Fortwo Cityflame83.7%
- City Pulse74.4%
- Roadster Brabus82.9%
- Roadster Finale74.9%
- City73.1%
- Eq Fortwo Passion95.0%
- Roadster Speedsilver82.6%
- Eq Fortwo Brabus94.6%
- Eq Forfour Passion89.9%
- Fortwo Grandstyle75.2%
- Roadster Light78.9%
- Roadster Brabus Fin-Ed86.5%
- Fortwo Truestyle73.5%
- Fortwo Passion Sp-G75.8%
- Fortwo Passion Pink77.8%
- City Brabus77.4%
- Fortwo Iceshine85.2%
- Fortwo Electric Drive81.1%
Most-tested Smart 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.