The current MoT test price cap is unsustainable and must rise to at least £95 – that’s the view of the Independent Garage Association, which cited rising industry costs as the driving factor necessitating the first price rise in 16 years.

 

Stuart James, the chief executive of the IGA – the trade body that represents more than 4,500 local garages across the country – said: “We are being advised by garage owners that without a significant increase to the MoT fee, they cannot continue to sustain this ever-increasing cost burden. 

 

“As the representative body for the independent garage sector, the IGA will continue to challenge the Government to deliver an acceptable resolution to this issue before it causes a level of consumer detriment.”