BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
League table/VESPA
Make report · 2005–2025

VESPA

82.3%
first-time pass rate
10.5%
failed outright
20.7k
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a VESPA

failure defects across all VESPA models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is VESPA's most common failure — 5.4% of all VESPA tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
5.4 see ranking
brakes
2.9 see ranking
steering and suspension
3.1 see ranking
lamps and reflectors
1.1 see ranking
tyres and wheels
1.5 see ranking

Top failure groups aggregated across every VESPA model, 2005–2025. "% of tests" = share of the make's tests recording at least one defect in that group.

VESPA models, ranked by test volume

35 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
DOUGLAS
81.9 10.7 13,673 2,442
PX125
77.2 14.3 15,616 1,334
T5
81.0 11.9 16,180 1,019
PX
80.2 10.7 12,714 657
PX200
82.8 9.9 15,550 576
125
76.4 14.0 7,797 399
SPRINT
84.1 9.0 2,305 365
150
84.5 9.5 613 349
P200E
82.9 8.4 16,835 287
GS160
85.6 5.2 15,880 250
PX125E
77.4 11.1 15,226 234
VESPA
85.5 8.3 9,231 228
TX200
85.1 6.6 23,635 228
150 SUPER
82.7 9.1 949 220
SCOOTER
82.4 12.2 6,984 188
P200
79.7 9.9 20,295 182
PX200E
86.9 9.7 12,998 176
GS
87.9 2.4 4,784 165
PRIMAVERA
86.0 9.8 5,139 164
SPORTIQUE
88.1 5.0 3,380 160
VBB
84.0 8.3 464 156
RALLY 200
90.3 4.5 9,763 154
PIAGGIO
77.9 11.7 11,771 145
SS180
87.6 3.4 2,091 145
PK50
82.4 9.9 12,934 142
PX150
82.4 10.3 9,992 136
SUPER
79.7 11.3 1,921 133
GS150
90.2 6.8 10,328 133
ET4
68.9 28.7 13,160 122
50 SPECIAL
82.5 12.5 5,705 120
GT
89.9 8.4 3,934 119
150 SPRINT
80.7 10.9 2,871 119
RALLY
80.9 9.6 15,565 115
90
76.6 13.1 11,684 107
ET2
81.9 13.3 11,404 105

Normal tests only. Median miles is odometer reading at test where recorded. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT results, 2005–2025.