2016 Skoda Rapid 1.2L Petrol · AF16 UFC

The Skoda Rapid presents as roadworthy following its most recent MOT pass on 24 June 2025 at 71,425 miles, with no defects recorded. The maintenance trend is stable across the available history, showing clean passes in 2023, 2024, and 2025 once the two administrative failures from 16 June 2025 and 26 June 2023 were rectified. Those failures carry no listed defects, indicating documentation or presentation issues at the testing station rather than mechanical faults. Annual mileage sits at a typical 7,142 miles for a ten-year-old vehicle, evidenced by the rise from 56,366 miles at the June 2023 failure to 62,018 miles by July 2024 and 71,425 miles by June 2025. The record shows no gaps exceeding twelve months and no sudden accumulation spikes. The sparse, clean advisory history suggests the previous keeper kept basic consumables and emissions within limits, though the absence of recorded advisories means wear on suspension bushes, brake discs, and corrosion was either minimal or not flagged. A buyer should still commission a physical inspection of structural integrity and underbody corrosion given the car's age, as MOT testers vary in strictness and the record shows no advisories to confirm monitoring. The two zero-defect failures fall outside mechanical concern but warrant a check of the V5C and test centre paperwork to confirm no suppressed faults. Verify tyre tread depth, wiper condition, and coil spring seating during viewing, since these consumables leave no trace in a clean pass record.