
Lotus Esprit
Grey · Petrol · 1999 · 3,506 cc
V8 GTKMOT history
V8 GTK is a grey petrol Lotus Esprit first used on 11 Nov 1999. Its MOT is valid until 17 Jun 2027 and it has passed 22 of 25 MOT tests, with 42,977 miles recorded at the latest.
From DVSA MOT records, updated 27 May 2026.

- MOT
- Valid
- Until 17 Jun 2027
- Mileage
- 42,977 mi
- At MOT on 27 May 2026
- MOT tests
- 25
- 22 passed · 3 failed
- Per year
- 735 mi
- Average between MOTs
Vehicle details
- Registration
- V8 GTK
- Registration format
- Prefix (1983 to 2001)
- Make
- Lotus
- Model
- Esprit
- Colour
- Grey
- Fuel type
- Petrol
- Engine size
- 3,506 cc
- Year of manufacture
- 1999
- First used
- 11 Nov 1999
- MOT status
- MOT valid until 17 Jun 2027
- Latest MOT test
- 27 May 2026 (Pass)
Mileage history
V8 GTK was last recorded at 42,977 miles on 27 May 2026, 916 miles more than at the previous MOT on 10 Jun 2025.
- Previous MOT
- 42,061 miles · 10 Jun 2025
- Between the last two tests
- 916 miles
- Average per year
- 735 miles
Recorded mileage by year
- 2026 – 42,977 miles
- 2025 – 42,061 miles
- 2024 – 40,167 miles
- 2023 – 39,175 miles
- 2022 – 39,047 miles
- 2021 – 38,920 miles
- 2020 – 38,659 miles
- 2019 – 38,381 miles
- 2018 – 38,142 miles
- 2017 – 37,749 miles
- 2016 – 37,355 miles
- 2015 – 37,061 miles
- 2014 – 36,914 miles
- 2013 – 36,464 miles
- 2012 – 35,963 miles
- 2011 – 35,154 miles
- 2010 – 34,340 miles
- 2009 – 33,325 miles
- 2008 – 31,940 miles
- 2007 – 30,782 miles
- 2006 – 28,672 miles
- 2005 – 27,585 miles
What the latest MOT found
No defects or advisories were recorded.
Full MOT history
25 tests since 13 Jun 2005, newest first. Select a test to see every defect and advisory.
Pass42,977 miles (+916)
- MOT expiry
- 17 Jun 2027
- Odometer
- 42,977 miles
- Test number
- 333513936475
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass42,061 miles (+1,894)
- MOT expiry
- 17 Jun 2026
- Odometer
- 42,061 miles
- Test number
- 832732416697
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass40,167 miles (+992)
- MOT expiry
- 17 Jun 2025
- Odometer
- 40,167 miles
- Test number
- 522913451631
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass39,175 miles (+128)
- MOT expiry
- 17 Jun 2024
- Odometer
- 39,175 miles
- Test number
- 374393100189
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass39,047 miles (+127)1 advisory
- MOT expiry
- 17 Jun 2023
- Odometer
- 39,047 miles
- Test number
- 458679812862
- AdvisoryFront Service brake fluctuating, but not excessively (1.2.1 (e))
Pass38,920 miles (+261)1 advisory
- MOT expiry
- 17 Jun 2022
- Odometer
- 38,920 miles
- Test number
- 782061729109
- AdvisoryNearside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
Pass38,659 miles (+278)1 advisory
- MOT expiry
- 17 Jun 2021
- Odometer
- 38,659 miles
- Test number
- 192603221129
- AdvisoryNearside Front tyre wearing on inner edge
Pass38,381 miles (+239)
- MOT expiry
- 17 Jun 2020
- Odometer
- 38,381 miles
- Test number
- 362243771911
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass38,142 miles (+393)1 advisory
- MOT expiry
- 17 Jun 2019
- Odometer
- 38,142 miles
- Test number
- 362665603652
- AdvisoryOffside Rear Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Pass37,749 miles (+394)
- MOT expiry
- 17 Jun 2018
- Odometer
- 37,749 miles
- Test number
- 953789358373
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass37,355 miles (+294)
- MOT expiry
- 17 Jun 2017
- Odometer
- 37,355 miles
- Test number
- 784011395406
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass37,061 miles (+147)1 advisory
- MOT expiry
- 17 Jun 2016
- Odometer
- 37,061 miles
- Test number
- 229545555404
- AdvisoryService brake: service brake efficiency only just met. It would appear that the braking system requires adjustment or repair. (3.7.B.7)
Pass36,914 miles (+450)1 note
- MOT expiry
- 17 Jun 2015
- Odometer
- 36,914 miles
- Test number
- 269775164115
- NoteNearside front tyre splitting
Pass36,464 miles (+501)
- MOT expiry
- 17 Jun 2014
- Odometer
- 36,464 miles
- Test number
- 235158353434
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass35,963 miles (+809)1 advisory3 notes
- MOT expiry
- 17 Jun 2013
- Odometer
- 35,963 miles
- Test number
- 667413652194
- AdvisoryRear Brake pad(s) wearing thin (3.5.1g)
- NoteCoolant level low
- NoteFront and rear number plate lettering has a slight carbon affect at close viewing
- NoteIce blue lamps fitted on front
Pass35,154 miles2 notes
- MOT expiry
- 17 Jun 2012
- Odometer
- 35,154 miles
- Test number
- 988184961196
- NoteSuspension joint nearside upper dust cover split/missing
- NoteSuspension joint offside upper dust cover split/missing
Fail35,154 miles (+814)1 failure2 notes
- MOT expiry
- No new certificate
- Odometer
- 35,154 miles
- Test number
- 838124161158
- FailureExhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (7.3.D.3)
- NoteSuspension joint nearside upper dust cover split/missing
- NoteSuspension joint offside upper dust cover split/missing
Pass34,340 miles (+36)
- MOT expiry
- 17 Jun 2011
- Odometer
- 34,340 miles
- Test number
- 522979960175
No defects or advisories recorded.
Fail34,304 miles (+979)1 failure1 advisory
- MOT expiry
- No new certificate
- Odometer
- 34,304 miles
- Test number
- 171918840140
- FailureOffside Front Tyre has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (4.1.D.1b)
- AdvisoryOffside Front Road wheel with a slightly distorted bead rim (4.2.A.1a)
Pass33,325 miles
- MOT expiry
- 14 Jun 2010
- Odometer
- 33,325 miles
- Test number
- 203026069475
No defects or advisories recorded.
Fail33,325 miles (+1,385)3 failures2 advisories1 note
- MOT expiry
- No new certificate
- Odometer
- 33,325 miles
- Test number
- 222556969192
- FailureOffside Rear Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)
- FailureRear fog lamp switch faulty (1.3.1a)
- FailureWindscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone 'A' (8.3.1e)
- AdvisoryNearside Rear coil spring corroded (2.4.C.1b)
- AdvisoryOffside Rear coil spring corroded (2.4.C.1b)
- NoteNearside rear tyre worn on inside edge
Pass31,940 miles (+1,158)1 advisory1 note
- MOT expiry
- 12 Jun 2009
- Odometer
- 31,940 miles
- Test number
- 804268258175
- AdvisoryOffside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- NoteBoth rear tyres wearing on inner edgers
Pass30,782 miles (+2,110)
- MOT expiry
- 12 Jun 2008
- Odometer
- 30,782 miles
- Test number
- 500257657157
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass28,672 miles (+1,087)
- MOT expiry
- 12 Jun 2007
- Odometer
- 28,672 miles
- Test number
- 253271266161
No defects or advisories recorded.
Pass27,585 miles
- MOT expiry
- 12 Jun 2006
- Odometer
- 27,585 miles
- Test number
- 592614365188
No defects or advisories recorded.
Questions about V8 GTK
- Does V8 GTK currently have a valid MOT?
- Yes. DVSA records show the MOT on V8 GTK is valid until 17 Jun 2027.
- When is the MOT due on V8 GTK?
- The MOT on V8 GTK is valid until 17 Jun 2027. It can be tested up to a month (minus a day) before then and keep the same renewal date.
- What mileage has V8 GTK done?
- V8 GTK was recorded at 42,977 miles at its MOT on 27 May 2026, an average of 735 miles a year.
- Has V8 GTK ever failed its MOT?
- Yes. V8 GTK has failed 3 of its 25 MOT tests, most recently on 13 Jun 2011.
- Has the mileage on V8 GTK ever gone down?
- No. The odometer reading went up or stayed the same at every MOT test on record. Service records are still worth checking.
- What did the latest MOT on V8 GTK find?
- V8 GTK passed its latest MOT on 27 May 2026 with no defects or advisories recorded.
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