Dundee has the highest level of unroadwothy cars in mainland Britain, government statistics have revealed.
More vehicles failed their MOT in the city than anywhere else in the country.
The stats show that 36.5% of cars were ruled unfit to be on the road.
According to the latest available Government data on the subject, 63.5% of vehicles tested within the DD postcode area failed to reach an acceptable standard.
The rest of Courier Country did not fare much better, with only just over 64% of Fife drivers seeing their vehicles pass and 67% of cars in Perth and Kinross making the grade.
With the UK average of MOT pass rates sitting at 68.67%, the revelations mean that Tayside is performing below the national average.
Central London had the highest amount of passes, with 84% of vehicles being passed fit.
The news was met with surprise by one Dundee councillor.
Liberal Democrat representative Fraser Macpherson told The Courier that, from his experience, the stats did not reflect the true quality of vehicles on Dundee’s roads.
He said: “My gut reaction is one of surprise.
“In my 15 years as a councillor I can honestly say that the number of complaints I’ve had from constituents about the standard of vehicles on the road is nil.
“The whole MOT process is there to ensure that cars are fully roadworthy.”
The Courier revealed back in 2014 that data from 2010 suggested that Dundee and Kirkcaldy both had the worst records for MOT passes in Britain.
Less than half of cars in Dundee going for an MOT passed, while those in Kirkcaldy fared little better, just scraping a pass rate of 50%.
The City of Discovery had a worse performance than the national average in every major MOT test area.
In Kirkcaldy, experts are putting many of the failures down to cold conditions, with 22.8% of all failures due to lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment.