Land Rover Range Rover Sport years to avoid — 339,999 MOT tests ranked

No clear negative outlier after correcting for age. Strongest in the data: 2010 or 2011. The ranking uses 339,999 MOT tests across 17 registration years (2023–2025) and compares each year with all UK cars of the same age.

Every Range Rover Sport year, ranked

The age-adjusted MOT index sets 100 as the pass rate of all UK cars registered in the same year and tested in the same calendar year. Higher is better. This prevents an old car being labelled a “bad year” simply because it is old.

RankYearIndexVs same-agePass rateTests
1 2010 Strong 110.6 +10.6 pts 77.9% 16,100
2 2011 Strong 110.1 +10.1 pts 79.3% 15,767
3 2012 109.8 +9.8 pts 81.1% 17,612
4 2005 109.8 +9.8 pts 74.4% 9,766
5 2008 109.5 +9.5 pts 74.6% 12,477
6 2009 109.3 +9.3 pts 75.7% 12,919
7 2007 109.2 +9.2 pts 74.3% 15,202
8 2006 109.1 +9.1 pts 73.5% 16,292
9 2013 108.8 +8.8 pts 82.2% 18,926
10 2014 107.0 +7.0 pts 82.9% 25,527
11 2015 104.2 +4.2 pts 83.0% 32,111
12 2018 102.9 +2.9 pts 89.3% 32,039
13 2016 102.3 +2.3 pts 83.6% 32,104
14 2019 102.0 +2.0 pts 90.5% 31,959
15 2017 102.0 +2.0 pts 86.0% 30,303
16 2021 101.2 +1.2 pts 91.6% 2,268
17 2020 100.5 +0.5 pts 90.5% 18,627

How to use this before buying

  • Rankings describe the cohort, not the car. A cherished older example beats a neglected 2010 one — always run the specific reg through the free MOT history check.
  • Read the advisories. Repeated notes for the same component across years mean the owner has been ignoring it. Decode them in our advisory library.
  • Scan before you pay. A 2-minute OBD scan reveals stored faults the dashboard hides — see our scanner guide.

FAQs

Which Range Rover Sport years should I avoid?

No year is a clear negative outlier after correcting for age, so buy on condition and history rather than year.

What is the best Range Rover Sport year to buy used?

2010 and 2011 lead the age-adjusted MOT ranking. The score compares each registration year with all UK cars of the same age; the specific car's history and condition still take priority.

Is the Range Rover Sport reliable overall?

Across 339,999 tests, the median age-adjusted index is 108.8 (100 equals the pass rate of all cars registered in the same year). Use the spread between years as one signal, then check the individual registration.

Methodology: index = 100 + the model-year cohort’s MOT pass-rate difference versus all UK vehicles registered in the same year and tested in the same calendar year. Class 4 initial tests only; retests excluded; at least 1,500 tests per page. “Inspect” years are below both the same-age baseline and the model’s median index by at least 2 points. Association is not proof of a model-year defect. DVSA anonymised data 2023–2025, OGL v3.0.