Four-year mot test under review

This week marks the the MoT test’s 65th anniversary. We look back on the seismic changes that it brought to British roads and motorists alike

1960s Britain needed an MoT that could keep pace with a changing motoring landscape as the decade progressed

MoT exemption for classics divides owners but official figures illustrate safety concerns and experts agree that the test remains valuable

Autocar’s history of empirical road testing is the longest in the world. For more than a century, we have been verifying, scrutinising, describing and illustrating new cars in unparalleled detail. Dri

Autocar’s history of empirical road testing is the longest in the world. For more than a century, we have been verifying, scrutinising, describing and illustrating new cars in unparalleled detail. Dri

PERFORMANCE: This is the manufacturer’s claimed acceleration time for a car, and is measured from 0-60mph or 0-62mph (0-100km/h), in seconds. ECONOMY/EMISSIONS/RANGE: Combined WLTP economy in miles pe