Pass rate
92.2%
Above average — 19.7 pts ahead of the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 180 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £31–£93
2006 TVR Tuscan MOT pass rate
- 2006
- typical 30,415 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
23.0% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2005 94.9% pass
- Avoid 2000 92.2% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 2.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 91.7%
- Typical mileage
- 30k mi
The 2006 TVR Tuscan MOT pass rate is 92.2% of its MOT tests — 19.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how TVR Tuscan does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Visibility: 2.2× the national share
Visibility accounts for 10.8% of everything recorded on the 2006 TVR Tuscan, against 5.0% nationally — 5.8 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 23.0%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. 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 72.5% and this one manages 92.2% — 19.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 180 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2006 TVR Tuscan compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 19.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 91.7%. The median 2006 TVR Tuscan in this dataset had covered 30,415 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 85.7% of the time, April–September 95.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Rear fog lamp not working", noted on 2.78% of tests.
- 180 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.2% overall pass rate, 91.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the TVR Tuscan, the average is 93.2% — best year 2005 (94.9%), worst 2000 (92.2%).
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
- 180
- Typical mileage (median)
- 30,415 mi
- Make and model
- TVR Tuscan
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Tuscan MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 52% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Tuscan
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 43 | 95.3% |
| South West | 33 | 87.9% |
| East of England | 32 | 96.9% |
| West Midlands | 22 | 81.8% |
| North West | 16 | 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 2006 Tuscan
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 2006 Tuscan
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 lights 2.8% of tests
“rear fog lamp not working”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the suspension joints 1.1% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the exhaust and emissions 1.1% of tests
“catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's 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.
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 2006 Tuscan through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £31–£93 — and 52% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £31–£93
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: steering rack gaiter missing or no longer…
- £120–£300
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 52%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 180 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 Tuscan, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2000 to 2006. Across them the pass rate runs from 92.2% to 94.9% — a spread of 2.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 92.2% catalyst emissions lambda reading…
- 2001 92.9% catalyst emissions carbon…
- 2002 93.8% catalyst emissions lambda reading…
- 2003 93.5% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2004 93.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2005 94.9% catalyst emissions carbon…
- 2006 92.2%rear fog lamp not working
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 2006 TVR Tuscan 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 2006 cars with a similar record
- Aston Martin V8 Vantage 91.8%
- Bentley Continental 90.1%
- Porsche 911 88.6%
- Porsche Boxster 85.8%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 85.4%
- Porsche Cayman 83.8%
Closest pass rates among 2006 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 2006 TVR Tuscan 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 74 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 17 | 23.00% | 20.89% | +2.11 |
| Suspension | 16 | 21.60% | 20.98% | +0.62 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 12 | 16.20% | 12.21% | +3.99 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 8 | 10.80% | 5.52% | +5.28 |
| Visibility | 8 | 10.80% | 4.97% | +5.83 |
| Tyres | 7 | 9.50% | 19.76% | −10.26 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 2.70% | 5.57% | −2.87 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 2.70% | 4.18% | −1.48 |
| Steering | 2 | 2.70% | 2.57% | +0.13 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.8% | £3–15 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.7% | £3–12 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.1% | £18–45 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.1% | £60–250 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 1.1% | £60–150 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.1% | £45–110 |
| Steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Steering | Major | 1.1% | £120–300 |
| Washers jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen Visibility | Major | 1.1% | £5–15 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 1.1% | £5–15 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.56% | £60–250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.6% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 2.8% | £40–150 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 2.2% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.2% | £45–95 |
| Valve stem seriously damaged Tyres | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 1.1% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 87 | 93.1% | 21,023 mi |
| 30-60k | 74 | 91.9% | 41,656 mi |
| 60-90k | 13 | 100.0% | 72,675 mi |
| 90-120k | 5 | 60.0% | 109,565 mi |
Source: 180 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.
2006 Tuscan MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 TVR Tuscan?
92.2% of the 180 2006 TVR Tuscan tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 91.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 TVR Tuscan?
The three most recorded items are rear fog lamp not working (2.78%), stop lamp not working (1.67%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (1.11%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 TVR Tuscan MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.1% of the time, falling to 60.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 TVR Tuscan in this dataset had covered 30,415 mi.
Does the season affect the 2006 TVR Tuscan MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 85.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 95.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.