Volkswagen Golf 2000
Cars aged 25 · Data updated: 2026-11-09 (week 46) · source: VDA / Transeksta, CC BY 4.0
Pass the inspection first time
44.2% ±0.7 pp
M1 average at 25 years – 37.2%
n = 20,988 inspections
Expected mileage now (median)
321,076 km
Percentiles · cars aged 25
p10 226k
p25 270k
p50 321k
p75 376k
p90 427k
| km | |
|---|---|
| p10 | 225,670 km |
| p25 | 269,649 km |
| p50 | 321,076 km |
| p75 | 375,752 km |
| p90 | 426,696 km |
Inspection verdicts
Golf 2000, n = 20,988
| % | |
|---|---|
| No defects | 20.1% |
| Minor defects | 24.1% |
| Major defects | 54.3% |
| Dangerous defects | 1.5% |
Odometer inconsistencies
2.1%
cars whose reading dropped between inspections
CO (petrol, idle)
0.20%
20.1% over the limit · n = 3,750
Smoke opacity (diesel)
0.83 m⁻¹
27.7% over the limit · n = 16,094
What these numbers say
44.2% of 2000 Volkswagen Golf cars pass the technical inspection at the first attempt (n = 20,988), against an average of 37.2% for all 25-year-old M1 cars.
At 25 years old, a typical one now shows 321,076 km on the odometer; half of them read between 269,649 km and 375,752 km.
An odometer inconsistency was recorded for 114 cars, 2.1% of those assessed.
The median diesel smoke opacity is 0.83 m⁻¹; 27.7% of measurements exceed the limit.
Figures are not adjusted for how intensively cars are used. How we calculate