Car statistics by year

2020 Porsche Taycan

Porsche Taycan cars first registered in 2020: how they did at their 2025 MOT, what failed them, how far they have been driven and how many are still on the road. Compared with every car first registered in 2020, so like is set against like.

A year of the Porsche Taycan. “2020” is the year of first registration.

Last updated
Records analysed
2,622 MOT tests of 2020 Porsche Taycan cars
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  • MOT first-time pass rate, 2025 90.7% All 2020 cars 86.9%
  • Typical mileage at the MOT 32,400 miles; all 2020 cars 36,000
  • Left at the end of 2025 2,704 87.9% of the 3,076 at the end of 2020
  • Tests finding a dangerous defect 5.5% All 2020 cars 4.7%
  • Tests with an advisory 22.8% All 2020 cars 38.2%
  • MOT tests in 2025 2,622 normal tests in Great Britain

How do 2020 Porsche Taycans do at their MOT?

In 2025, at about 5 years old, 90.7% of 2020 Porsche Taycan MOT tests were passed first time, against 86.9% for all cars first registered in 2020. 2020 Porsche Taycans did better than average for their age, by 3.8 points. A year earlier the same cars passed 91.2% of the time (all 2020 cars 88.0%).

MOT pass rate by year of first registration: Porsche Taycan vs all cars

Each pair of bars is one year of first registration, tested in 2025. Older cars pass less often, so compare each Porsche Taycan bar with the all-cars bar beside it.

MOT first-time pass rate in 2025 by year of first registration, Porsche Taycan compared with all cars
First registered Porsche TaycanAll cars
’20 90.7%86.9%
’21 91.7%88.4%
’22 90.5%89.4%

Source:DVSA,UK Motoring analysis 2025 Updated

Most common MOT failures on the 2020 Porsche Taycan

Tyres: ply or cords exposed was the most common single reason a 2020 Porsche Taycan failed, on 29.9% of about 200 failed tests. By area of the car, tyres failed most often (73.8% of failed tests; all 2020 cars 39.8%). 5.5% of tests found at least one dangerous defect, against 4.7% for all cars first registered in 2020. A failed test can have several defects, so shares add up to more than 100%.

Most common reasons for failure

Share of failed tests with each defect. The same fault on any wheel or side counts once.

Most common specific MOT defects on failed 2020 Porsche Taycan tests, 2025
Defect Share of failed tests
Tyres: ply or cords exposed Tyres 29.9%
Tyres: cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres 20.9%
Tyres: bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres 14.8%
Registration plates: does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle 9.0%
Tyres: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres 9.0%
Tyres: tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres 4.9%

Source:DVSA,UK Motoring analysis 2025 Updated

Failure categories: Porsche Taycan vs all 2020 cars

The marker shows the share for all cars first registered the same year.

Share of failed 2020 Porsche Taycan MOT tests with a defect in each category, with all 2020 cars for comparison
Category Share of failed tests
Tyres 73.8%
Identification of the vehicle 11.1%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 7.4%
Brakes 7.0%
Suspension 4.1%
Visibility 4.1%
Road wheels 3.3%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems 2.5%

Source:DVSA,UK Motoring analysis 2025 Updated

Most common MOT advisories on the 2020 Porsche Taycan

An advisory is something the tester noticed that did not fail the test but may need work soon. 22.8% of 2020 Porsche Taycan tests had at least one (all 2020 cars 38.2%). These are the things to check on one you are thinking of buying.

Most common advisories

Most common MOT advisories on 2020 Porsche Taycan tests, 2025
Advisory Share of tests
Tread depth: worn close to legal limit or worn on edge Tyres 15.6%
Nail in tyre Non-component advisories 2.3%
Tyres: cut but not deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres 2.2%
Brake discs: worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened Brakes 1.6%
Child seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories 1.4%
Tyres: slightly damaged or cracking or perishing Tyres 1.4%
Tyres: slightly damaged Tyres 1.0%
Registration plates: deteriorated but not likely to be misread Identification of the vehicle 0.6%
Road wheels: slightly distorted Road wheels 0.5%

Source:DVSA,UK Motoring analysis 2025 Updated

What mileage is normal for a 2020 Porsche Taycan?

Half of the 2020 Porsche Taycans tested in 2025 had covered fewer than 32,400 miles. A quarter had covered fewer than 23,300 and a quarter more than 43,800. For all cars first registered in 2020, the middle figure was 36,000 miles, so 2020 Porsche Taycans have been driven 10.0% less far than average.

Mileage at the 2025 MOT

Odometer readings at each car’s latest MOT of the year. The bar covers the middle half of cars; the line the middle 80%.

Odometer readings at the 2025 MOT, 2020 Porsche Taycan and all 2020 cars, by percentile
10% 25% Median 75% 90% Cars
2020 Porsche Taycan 16,600 23,300 32,400 43,800 55,100 2,504
All 2020 cars 17,200 25,300 36,000 49,000 63,900 1,452,206
miles

Half of the 2020 Porsche Taycans tested in 2025 had covered fewer than 32,400 miles.

Source:DVSA,UK Motoring analysis 2025 Updated

How many 2020 Porsche Taycans are left?

At the end of 2020, 3,076 2020 Porsche Taycans were on the DVLA record in the United Kingdom. By the end of 2025, 2,704 were: 2,547 licensed and 157 declared off the road (SORN). That is 87.9% still on the record, against 96.9% for all cars first registered in 2020.

Share still on the record since 2020

Cars licensed or SORN at each year end, as a share of the number at the end of 2020. Cars scrapped or exported leave the record. Late registrations and imports can push the share above 100%.

2020 Porsche Taycans on the DVLA record at each year end as a share of the number at the end of 2020, compared with all 2020 cars
Year end 2020 Porsche TaycanAll 2020 cars
2020 100.0%100.0%
2021 95.1%99.4%
2022 92.0%98.4%
2023 87.2%95.6%
2024 86.2%96.7%
2025 87.9%96.9%

Source:DfT / DVLA End of 2025 Updated

Recalls that may affect cars built around 2020

11 of the Porsche Taycan’s 17 recalls in DVSA’s records cover cars built during 2020.

The 2020 on this page is the year of first registration, not the year the car was built. A car first registered early in 2020 may have been built in 2019, and recalls apply to particular build dates and VINs, so check the recalls either side too.

Porsche Taycan recalls whose build dates include 2020
Launched Concern Built Vehicles
11 Nov 2024 ARB6 recall campaign – Checking HVB cell modules and re-programming BMCe software 21 Oct 2019 to 4 Mar 2024 7,916
16 Oct 2024 ARB5 Recall Campaign - Replacing cell block module on high-voltage battery. 7 Nov 2019 to 15 Jun 2023 288
3 Jul 2024 ARB0 - Replacing brake hose on the left and right front axle 21 Oct 2019 to 14 Jun 2024 21,548
8 Apr 2024 ARA5 - Checking high-voltage battery and replacing cell block module if necessary 3 Jul 2018 to 4 Mar 2024 124
5 Apr 2024 ARA4 Recall Campaign - Replacing cell block module on high-voltage battery. 21 Oct 2019 to 17 Jul 2023 286
7 Mar 2024 APB5 Recall Campaign - Replacing cell block module on high-voltage battery 18 Sept 2020 to 22 Jun 2023 193
17 May 2023 On affected vehicles due to a process error in the car body production line it is possible certain welding and other particular connection points were not executed. 18 Jun 2019 to 8 Dec 2022 1
11 May 2022 The fabric protective hose of the wiring harness of the front seats can be damaged when adjusting the seat in the longitudinal direction 17 Oct 2019 to 18 May 2021 4,334
6 Dec 2021 There is a possibility that the screw connection on upper control arms of the rear axle were not installed according to specification 17 Jun 2020 to 16 Nov 2020 15
16 Jul 2021 Internal software error in the high-voltage power electronics 10 Jul 2019 to 25 Jun 2021 4,495
24 Mar 2021 Individual threaded connections at the vehicle's suspension might not be tightened to the specification due to insufficiently cut thread of locknuts 14 Oct 2020 to 19 Jan 2021 166 (all models)

Every Porsche Taycan recall · Check a specific car on GOV.UK · How we match recalls

Recall details come from manufacturers through DVSA. “Vehicles” is the number the manufacturer reported; “all models” means the figure covers everything in the recall. A recall listed here may not apply to a particular car: only the manufacturer or GOV.UK can say for its VIN.

Source:DVSA,UK Motoring analysis January 1992 to September 2026 Updated

Other years of the Porsche Taycan

3 years of the Porsche Taycan, by year of first registration, have their own page with MOT results, common faults, mileage and how many are left. Against all cars of the same age, the 2020 cars did best at their 2025 MOT (90.7% passed first time) and the 2022 cars worst (90.5%).

Porsche Taycans by year of first registration
Year Registered Left Pass rate All cars
2020 3,076 2,704 90.7% 86.9%
2021 3,963 3,478 91.7% 88.4%
2022 4,967 4,491 90.5% 89.4%

Registered: cars on the DVLA record at the end of the year they were first registered. Left: licensed or declared SORN at the end of 2025. Both cover the United Kingdom. Pass rate: first-time passes at normal MOT tests in Great Britain in 2025; all cars: every car first registered the same year.

Data sources and methodology

Datasets used on this page
Figures Source Period Records Updated
MOT results and mileage Anonymised MOT tests and results Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Derived statistics UK Motoring
2025 2,622 MOT tests of 2020 Porsche Taycan cars 15 September 2026
Cars on the record Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport End of 2025 2,704 cars still on the record (licensed or SORN) 15 September 2026
  • MOT figures cover normal tests in Great Britain in 2025 of Porsche Taycan cars first registered in 2020; retests are excluded. “All cars” means every car we match to a model, first registered in 2020.
  • Year of first registration is DVSA’s first-use date: when the car was first registered, in the UK or abroad.
  • Defects and advisories are DVSA’s descriptions made readable. Where on the car a defect was found (side, front or rear) is ignored, so the same fault on any wheel counts once per test.
  • Mileage is the odometer reading at each car’s latest normal MOT of the year, as recorded by the tester. A few readings are in kilometres or mistyped; percentiles are not thrown by a handful of outliers.
  • Cars on the record come from DfT table VEH0124 and cover the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland; MOT figures cover Great Britain only.
  • DVSA records the model name typed in at the test. We match those names to DVLA’s generic models, so a handful of tests may be counted under a close relative.

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