There's been much debate over the Government's plan to make pre-1960s cars exempt from the MoT test. We've once again raided the MoT files to see if the numbers support the case.

Our sister site AROnline takes a look at MoT results for cars that were registered before 1980.

Questions about the MoT data, where it's from and what it can tell you.

A table of combined MoT results for cars registered in the 1980s. But which model comes top?

A table of combined MoT results for cars registered in the 1990s. But which model comes top?

All sorts of criteria need to be tested at an MoT, but if you know what to look out for you can do a few preliminary checks yourself and hopefully avoid the cost of a retest.