2003 Mazda MX-5 1.6L Petrol · A11 RRY

The 2003 Mazda MX-5 carries a current roadworthy status following the August 2025 pass at 46,900 miles, though the record shows a failed test on the same date with no defects logged. The maintenance trend appears stable, with clean passes in July 2024 at 46,641 miles and April 2023 at 46,508 miles. The paired fail and pass entries on identical mileages suggest administrative or presentation anomalies at the testing station rather than mechanical faults. At roughly 23 years old the car shows 46,900 miles, an average of about 2,039 miles per year. The MOT data confirms extremely low use: only 133 miles accrued between April 2023 and July 2024, then just 259 miles to August 2025. Such limited annual coverage points to a vehicle kept in light service or stored for long periods, which typically spares consumables but can allow corrosion and perished rubber to develop unseen. A buyer should still commission a physical inspection of structural integrity and underbody corrosion, as the MX-5's age makes sills, subframes, and suspension mounting points vulnerable even with minimal mileage. The tester logged no advisories on brakes, suspension bushes, coil springs, or exhaust emissions across the three years, so no recurring mechanical trend is evident from the record. Given the sparse, clean history with no flagged defects, previous keepers appear to have maintained basic test compliance. The duplicate fail-pass pairs at 46,641 and 46,900 miles warrant a check of the DVSA certificate details to confirm no omitted advisory data.