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Vauxhall Adam

Reliability, running costs, and MOT data across 8 years from 117,355 real MOT tests.

Avg Pass Rate

82%

Total Tests

117,355

Best Year

2019 (89%)

Years Covered

8

How reliable is the Vauxhall Adam?

vs national average+0% (82% avg)
vs Vauxhall brand average-2% (84% avg)
Best to worst year spread11 percentage points
Reliability trendImproving over years

Vauxhall Adam by Year

YearPass RateTestsAvg Mileage
201989%8,95328,016 mi
201886%10,35136,563 mi
201783%14,76244,484 mi
201680%19,07550,003 mi
201580%21,55055,902 mi
201479%26,63462,381 mi
201378%15,94869,131 mi
201282%8269,741 mi

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About the Vauxhall Adam

The Vauxhall Adam has been tested 117,355 times in 2024 MOT data across 8 model years (2012 to 2019), with an average pass rate of 82%. That's close to the national average of 82%. Available as petrol.

Best and Worst Years

The 2019 model is the most reliable with a 89% pass rate from 8,953 tests. The 2013 model has the lowest at 78%. The 11 point spread between years means reliability varies somewhat, but no year is dramatically different.

Reliability Trend

Newer VAUXHALL ADAMs show better MOT pass rates than older ones, with an average improvement of 5 percentage points.

Mileage Across Years

The oldest model in our data (2012) averages 69,741 miles, while the newest (2019) averages 28,016 miles.

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