Aprilia Atlantic 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Atlantic 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 75.3% average, from 1,208 DVSA tests.

2005

highest-passing year · 80.2%

2004

lowest-passing year · 73.5%

6.7pp

spread across 4 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 2005 (80.2% of 257 tests). Lowest: 2004 (73.5% of 328).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (75.3%)
2003	476	75.0%	-0.3 pp
2004	328	73.5%	-1.8 pp
2005	257	80.2%	+4.9 pp
2006	79	74.7%	-0.6 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2006–2017

Questions

Which Atlantic 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Aprilia Atlantic 125 falls more than two points under the model's 75.3% overall pass rate.
Which Atlantic 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2005, at 80.2% of 257 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Atlantic 125 pass rate vary by year?: 6.7 percentage points between the highest (2005, 80.2%) and lowest (2004, 73.5%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

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