The beeb just posted a news article about MOT failure statistics for 2007, obtained under a Freedom of Information request. The article includes a link to a complete spreadsheet of all the failure stats, for all makes and models. It includes the Coupe.
This is a link to the article:
This is a direct link to the spreadsheet:
This is an image of the Coupe section of the spreadsheet:
I'd attach the whole spreadsheet as an Excel file but it's ~3Mb and I'm guessing that might not be welcome and you've got the link.
Er, I'm not offering any real comment here, but I thought it might be interesting to someone. With a bit of Excel wizardry, you could probably work out some comparisons to other vehicles. Bear in mind the data gives no idea of the typical mileage covered by different types (the article makes a valid point that common fleet car types would be expected to do more miles on average, so might be more likely to fail) or the level of care / abuse they get.
Rob