Somerton Garage
Newport Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 8PE
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Isle of Wight. Site number 9944A3.
Newport Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 8PE
The maximum fee for a class 4 car MOT is £54.85 and £29.65 for a motorcycle; many garages charge less. You can book up to a month (minus a day) before the current certificate runs out and keep the same renewal date. Take the registration; you don’t need the V5C.
Details are from the DVSA register published 30 Sep 2026 (source). Phone numbers and ownership change, so ring first.
Cars and light vans tested in the PO (Portsmouth) postcode area failed 27.5% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 4.9 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 437,758 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Lights and electrics | 9.55% | 6.95% |
| Suspension | 9.37% | 8.93% |
| Tyres | 8.45% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 6.42% | 6.1% |
From DVSA’s anonymised MOT results for 2025, by the postcode area of the test station. The data has no garage identifier, so these are figures for the area, not for any one garage. An area with older cars fails more for that reason alone. Every area compared.
6 Enterprise Way, Somerton Industrial Park, Newport Road, Cowes, PO31 8AP
Airfield Way, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 8BF
341-351 Newport Road, Northwood, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 8PG
339 Newport Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 8PG
Unit 5, 88 Place Road, West Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7AE