1st MOT passes.

[guest4078]

On the Telegraph, top ten cars that either do or don't pass their 1st. mot:
 As we might expect, the Jazz is second only to the Toyota IQ:

2. Honda Jazz

Pass rate: 90.4 per cent

Average mileage: 19,541

Total tests: 15,441

1. Toyota IQ

Pass rate: 91.8 per cent

Average mileage: 20,235

Total tests: 2,835

Worst of all:

1. Renault Kangoo

Pass rate: 63.54 per cent

Average mileage: 43,144

Total tests: 3,494

Which sounds about right, as I had a Kangoo van for several years as a runaround and it never passed first time, although it was otherwise very reliable and a good little van.

[chrisc]

Our locksmith shop have to replace transponders and keys for the Kangoo.  There are 4 different types of transponder socket in this vehicle, depending on the variant.  Only the French can design something like this.  Even the dreadful Dacia car is better in this respect

[guest4078]

Mine was an ex-britishgas van and was really very good, apart from the mot passes - or lack therin. It was a 1.5 td and was really very reliable.

I can assure you that it is not just the French car manufacturers that can manage that, as a look through a car key catalogue will show.