2020 Herald Translander Mirage 0.1L Petrol · AJ70 EBO

The Herald Translander Mirage presents as roadworthy with a stable maintenance trend. The most recent test on 24 March 2026 at 10,728 miles returned a pass with no defects recorded, and the prior pass on 21 March 2025 at 6,591 miles also showed a clean sheet. The single failure on 23 December 2024 at 6,576 miles listed no defects, indicating the refusal likely stemmed from an administrative or non-mechanical cause rather than a fault found during examination. The mileage pattern confirms extremely light use for a six-year-old vehicle. From the 11 December 2023 test at 6,542 miles, the car covered only 34 miles to the December 2024 failure and 15 further miles to the March 2025 pass. A jump of 4,137 miles then occurred between March 2025 and March 2026. Such low annual averages near 1,788 miles suggest long standing periods, which can allow corrosion, seized calipers, and degraded rubber bushes to develop unseen despite the clean MOT record. A buyer should still commission a physical inspection of structural integrity and underbody corrosion given the vehicle's idle history. Standing moisture encourages rot in sills and suspension mounts even when testers logged no advisories. The brake discs and calipers warrant measurement for binding or pitting after prolonged disuse. Check the tyres for sidewall cracking from age rather than tread wear, and verify the exhaust emissions under cold start. The absence of recorded faults across four tests reflects a benign MOT trail, but sparse data and low mileage mean previous owners likely stored the car rather than exercised it on regular road cycles.