Below are the main MOT Bay classes that are available and used in the UK for MOT testing.

Class 1 MOT Bays

The types of vehicles you can MOT with a Class I MOT Bay are:

• Motorcycle, scooter and moped (up to 200cc)
• Motorcycle with sidecar (up to 200cc)

Class 2 MOT Bays

The types of vehicles you can MOT with a Class II MOT Bay are:

• Motorcycle (over 200cc)
• Motorcycle with sidecar (over 200cc)

Class 3 MOT Bays

The types of vehicles you can MOT with a Class III MOT Bay are:

• 3-wheeled vehicles (up to 450kg unladen weight)

Class 4 MOT Bays

The types of vehicles you can MOT with a Class IV MOT Bay are:

• 3-wheeled vehicles (over 450kg unladen weight)
• Cars (up to 8 passenger seats)
• Motor caravans
• Quads (max unladen weight 400kg – for goods vehicles 550kg and max net power of 15kw)
• Dual purpose vehicles
• Private hire and public service vehicles (up to 8 seats)
• Ambulances and taxis
• Private passenger vehicles and ambulances (9 to 12 passenger seats)
• Goods vehicles (up to 3,000kg design gross weight)
• Class 4 vehicles (9 to 12 passenger seats) with a seat belt installation check (this is Class 4a)

Class 5 MOT Bays

The types of vehicles you can MOT with a Class V MOT Bay are:

• Private passenger vehicles and ambulances (13 to 16 passenger seats)
• Private passenger vehicles and ambulances (more than 16 passenger seats)
• Playbuses
• Class 5 vehicles (13 to 16 passenger seats) with a seatbelt installation check (this is Class 5a)
• Class 5 vehicles (more than 16 passenger seats) with a seatbelt installation check

Class 7 MOT Bays

The types of vehicles you can MOT with a Class V MOT Bay are:

• Goods vehicles (over 3,000kg up to 3,500kg design gross weight)

Learn more about the classes of MOT Bay

Learn more about the different classes of MOT Bay by reading our full blog post
https://concept-ge.co.uk/what-are-the-classes-of-mot-bay/