Used car guide
2021 Audi A8: petrol or diesel?
Petrol, diesel and hybrid versions go wrong in different ways, so each has its own figures from the MOTs these cars had during 2023–2025. Pick the one you’re looking at: the fuel is on the logbook and in the car’s MOT history.
Petrol
95% pass first time (all 2021 cars: 87%)
Nothing stands out above the usual rate
104 MOTsSee the petrol guide ›
Diesel
94% pass first time (all 2021 cars: 87%)
Nothing stands out above the usual rate
392 MOTsSee the diesel guide ›
Hybrid versions had too few MOTs for figures of their own, or weren’t sold.
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Other years
Every year of the Audi A8 compared
| Year | MOT tests | Most flagged |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | Too new for MOT data |
| 2025 | – | Too new for MOT data |
| 2024 | – | Too new for MOT data |
| 2023 | 279 | Tyres 8% |
| 2022 | 272 | Tyres 15% |
| 2020 | 1,198 | Tyres 18% |
| 2019 | 2,195 | Tyres 18% |
| 2018 | 2,898 | Tyres 19% |
| 2017 | 1,990 | Tyres 20% |
| 2016 | 2,680 | Tyres 20% |
| 2015 | 2,877 | Tyres 20% |
| 2014 | 2,566 | Tyres 20% |
| 2013 | 2,168 | Tyres 23% |
| 2012 | 2,170 | Tyres 23% |
| 2011 | 2,135 | Tyres 24% |
| 2010 | 1,391 | Suspension 27% |
| 2009 | 1,149 | Tyres 25% |
| 2008 | 2,004 | Tyres 26% |
| 2007 | 1,669 | Tyres 30% |
| 2006 | 1,148 | Tyres 27% |
| 2005 | 1,005 | Tyres 30% |
| 2004 | 618 | Suspension 32% |
| 2003 | 337 | Tyres 30% |
| 2002 | 303 | Suspension 32% |
| 2001 | 274 | Suspension 38% |
| 2000 | 196 | Suspension 44% |
| 1999 | 165 | Suspension 40% |
| 1998 | 134 | Suspension 50% |
| 1997 | – | Too few tests |
| 1996 | – | Too few tests |
| 1995 | – | Too few tests |