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Running costs, reliability, and MOT data for 86 models from 455,550 MOT tests (DVSA MOT data for tests in 2024, retests included).

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Avg Pass Rate

92%

Total Tests

455,550

Models

86

Years Covered

1990-2022

Joint Most Reliable

Taycan 4X2

97% pass rate

Least Reliable

944

86% pass rate

Most Popular

911

117,064 tests

About Porsche Cars

Porsche ranks joint 10th out of 70 car makes in our data (those with at least 1,000 MOT tests) by average MOT pass rate, at 92%. That's 7 points above the 85% average across all models in our data, making Porsche one of the more dependable brands on UK roads.

With 86 models across 33 years of data (1990 to 2022), there's a moderate spread of 11 percentage points between models. Some Porsches are notably more reliable than others.

Most and Least Reliable Porsche Models

The Taycan 4X2 shares the top spot with 3 other models, on a 97% average pass rate from 2,159 tests. At the other end, the 944 has the lowest at 86%. Overall, more than half of Porsche's models have a pass rate of 85% or more, which is a good sign for the brand.

Porsche Fuel Types

Porsche models in our data come in 66 petrol, 5 diesel, 6 hybrid, 9 electric variants (each model counted once, under the fuel type recorded for most of its tests). Porsche is among the manufacturers offering electric options in the UK market.

Estimated Running Costs

Fuel (Petrol, 2981cc)
£1,958
Road Tax
£200
MOT Test
£55
Predicted Repairs
£200
Total per year£2,413
Per month£201/mo

Based on most recent year, 7,400 miles/year and average pump prices of 174.57p petrol and 199.33p diesel (GOV.UK weekly road fuel prices, week of 19 October 2026). Insurance not included.

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How reliable is Porsche?

Brand rankingjoint 10th out of 70 car makes
vs average of all models+7 points (85% avg)
Models with 85%+ pass rate80 of 86
Models below 70% pass rate1 of 86
Reliability spread (best to worst)11 percentage points

All Porsche Models

Click any model to see detailed year-by-year reliability data, running costs, and comparisons.

ModelYearsPass RateTestsFuel
91132 yrs92%117,064Petrol, LPG
Macan9 yrs94%84,295Diesel, Petrol
Cayenne20 yrs90%80,646Petrol, Diesel, Hybrid, LPG, Electric
Boxster26 yrs89%74,958Petrol
Cayman18 yrs94%36,158Petrol
Panamera13 yrs92%20,858Petrol, Hybrid
Taycan 4S 93KWH3 yrs93%6,351Electric
Taycan Turbo2 yrs93%2,897Electric
9443 yrs86%2,234Petrol
Taycan 4X22 yrs97%2,159Electric
Taycan Turbo S2 yrs94%2,022Electric
Taycan 4S 79KWH2 yrs93%1,920Electric
911 Turbo S S-A3 yrs94%1,907Petrol
718 Cayman GT43 yrs97%1,543Petrol
9684 yrs87%1,408Petrol
911 Carrera S-A3 yrs96%1,206Petrol
Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid Auto3 yrs97%1,125Hybrid
Taycan 4S Cross Turismo2 yrs97%1,080Electric
911 Carrera Auto2 yrs97%744Petrol
911 Targa 4S2 yrs98%729Petrol
911 Carrera 4 S-A2 yrs96%712Petrol
718 Spyder3 yrs98%682Petrol
Panamera D V6 Tiptronic Auto2 yrs90%636Diesel
Cayenne GTS Auto2 yrs98%634Petrol
718 Cayman GT4 S-A1 yr97%564Petrol
Cayenne V6 D Tiptronic2 yrs90%505Diesel
Taycan 4 Cross Turismo2 yrs98%496Electric
911 Carrera S Auto2 yrs97%478Petrol
911 Carrera 2S2 yrs94%473Petrol
911 Carrera 4 Auto2 yrs97%445Petrol
9286 yrs87%417Petrol
911 GT31 yr98%401Petrol
911 Carrera S2 yrs98%375Petrol
Panamera 4 10 Years Ed PHEV Sa1 yr94%374Hybrid
Carrera9 yrs87%367Petrol
928 S3 yrs79%364Petrol
Cayman S-A3 yrs95%353Petrol
911 Turbo S-A3 yrs93%340Petrol
Cayman S S-A1 yr98%330Petrol
911 Carrera 4S3 yrs91%324Petrol
911 Carrera 4S Auto2 yrs95%305Petrol
911 Targa 4 Auto2 yrs97%290Petrol
Cayenne Tiptronic S3 yrs86%272Petrol
Carrera GT6 yrs85%254Petrol
911 Carrera 2S S-A4 yrs94%210Petrol
Taycan Turbo Cross Turismo1 yr94%209Electric
Cayenne S Hybrid Tip S3 yrs91%192Hybrid
911 Speedster1 yr99%186Petrol
Cayman S3 yrs83%183Petrol
911 Carrera 4S PDK S-A2 yrs93%182Petrol
911 Carrera GTS1 yr97%177Petrol
911 Carrera 4 GTS1 yr98%142Petrol
Panamera 4 10 Years Edition Sa1 yr93%139Petrol
Panamera 4S E-Hybrid S-A1 yr89%131Hybrid
911 Targa 4 GTS2 yrs96%131Petrol
Panamera 4S Ehyb SPT Tour Sa2 yrs87%117Hybrid
911 Carrera 2 S1 yr100%114Petrol
718 Boxster 25 Years S-A1 yr99%110Petrol
718 Spyder S-A1 yr96%95Petrol
911 Targa 4S Heritage1 yr95%86Petrol
Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo1 yr97%77Electric
911 Turbo Tiptronic S2 yrs87%76Petrol
GT 31 yr100%70Petrol
Cayenne V6 Diesel Tip S1 yr96%67Diesel
Panamera D V6 Tiptronic1 yr87%61Diesel
Carrera Coupe1 yr90%58Petrol
911 Carrera 4 Tiptronic1 yr84%56Petrol
Boxster 24V S S-A1 yr88%56Petrol
911 Carrera S S-A1 yr87%53Petrol
Cayenne GTS Tiptronic S1 yr100%50Petrol
911 Carrera 21 yr96%47Petrol
Cayenne V8 Turbo Tip S1 yr98%46Petrol
Cayenne Tiptronic1 yr80%46Petrol
Boxster S Tiptronic S1 yr84%45Petrol
911 Carrera GTS S-A1 yr96%45Petrol
Cayenne Tiptronic S D1 yr93%45Diesel
Spyder S-A1 yr98%44Hybrid
718 Boxster 25 Years1 yr100%43Petrol
Panamera 4S S-A1 yr85%41Petrol
Carrera 41 yr89%38Petrol
Turbo1 yr68%38Petrol
911 GT3 RS 4.01 yr100%36Petrol
Cayenne S Tiptronic1 yr88%34Petrol
Panamera Turbo S-A1 yr88%33Petrol
911 Turbo1 yr100%31Petrol
911 GT3 RS1 yr87%30Petrol

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