Formula One Autocentres Limited
Unit 7 Plenty Close, Plenty Trade Park, Hambridge Road, Newbury, RG14 5TR
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Newbury. Site number S001769.
Unit 7 Plenty Close, Plenty Trade Park, Hambridge Road, Newbury, RG14 5TR
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 RG (Reading) postcode area failed 20.2% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 2.4 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 470,659 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 6.96% | 8.93% |
| Tyres | 6.13% | 5.95% |
| Lights and electrics | 5.99% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 4.37% | 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.
Unit 4, the Paddock Industrial Estate, Hambridge Road, Newbury, RG14 5TQ
Unit 2, Denvale Trade Park, Hambridge Road, Newbury, RG14 5PF
Furlong House, Hambridge Road, Newbury, RG14 5UT
Units 1 & 2, Bone Lane, Newbury, RG14 5SH
Bone Lane Industrial Estate, Newbury, RG14 5SH