323 cars · 558 MOT tests · 2024 and 2025
Honda NSX (1990 to 2005) MOT statistics
What every MOT test on a Honda NSX (1990 to 2005) in Great Britain in 2024 and 2025 found: how often they fail, what testers flag, which faults owners leave, and how many never came back after failing.
The first-generation NSX, imported or sold new in the UK.
7.3%
failed their first MOT test
78% lower than the UK average for their age
29.2 yrs
median age at the MOT
All cars: 9.7 years
17%
of tests had at least one advisory
All cars: 52%
2.7%
of tests mention corrosion
All cars: 12%
Failure rate by age
Share of initial tests that failed, by the car’s age at the test, against all UK cars of the same age.
- 15–19 years35 tests2.9%vs 43%
- 20–24 years108 tests4.6%vs 42%
- 25–29 years169 tests10%vs 35%
- 30+ years246 tests7.3%vs 26%
Most common advisories on a Honda NSX (1990 to 2005)
Things the tester noticed that weren’t bad enough to fail. Share of initial tests, against all UK cars.
- Tread depth: worn close to legal limit or worn on edge4.7%vs 16%
- Engine oil leaks: leak, but not excessive2.7%vs 4.9%
- Condition: slightly damaged or cracking or perishing2.0%vs 8.8%
Most popular colours
Share of cars, against all UK cars.
- Red46%vs 10%
- Silver15%vs 14%
- Black9.0%vs 19%
- Blue7.1%vs 16%
- Yellow5.6%
- Purple4.6%
Checking a Honda NSX (1990 to 2005)?
Our free check reads its full MOT history and flags mileage that doesn’t add up, advisories that keep coming back, and recalls filed in Japan.
Buying guide: Honda NSX (NA1)
Questions
- How often does a Honda NSX (1990 to 2005) fail its MOT?
- 7.3% of first MOT tests on a Honda NSX (1990 to 2005) failed in 2024 and 2025, from 558 tests. That’s 78% lower than the UK average for cars of the same age.
- What is the most common MOT advisory on a Honda NSX (1990 to 2005)?
- Tread depth: worn close to legal limit or worn on edge, on 4.7% of tests.
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How we worked these out
- Every car MOT in Great Britain in 2024 and 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT tests and results. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The analysis and any errors are ours, not DVSA’s.
- MOT records give the make, model name and engine size, not the chassis code, so models are grouped by name. A model page says when that grouping is looser than its title.
- Failure rates count initial tests only, and include faults fixed during the test (DVSA’s definition). Advisories are counted once per test.
- Ages run from the first-use date on the MOT record. For many imports that’s the date the car was first registered in the UK, not in Japan, so imports can look younger than they are, and the age comparison flatters them less than it should.
- An advisory counts as unfixed if the same part of the car is flagged again, or fails, at the next annual MOT (300 to 500 days later).
- A car “disappeared” if it had no MOT between 31 October 2024 and 30 December 2025, over a year after its last test. It’s an estimate of cars scrapped or taken off the road: some were exported, laid up, or made exempt at 40 years old.
- The figures for all cars and all Japanese-brand cars come from a random one-in-20 sample of vehicles; the model figures use every car.