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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Aprilia Habana: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Habana years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 71.3% average, from 11,759 DVSA tests.

2005
highest-passing year · 78.1%
2008
lowest-passing year · 61.4%
16.7pp
spread across 9 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 (78.1% of 105 tests). Lowest: 2008 (61.4% of 57). Years more than two points below the model average: 2006, 2008.

58%70%81%1999: 75.2% pass (435 tests)2000: 73.1% pass (2,833 tests)2001: 70.8% pass (4,189 tests)2002: 70.3% pass (2,667 tests)2003: 70.2% pass (1,213 tests)2004: 76.9% pass (117 tests)2005: 78.1% pass (105 tests)2006: 62.3% pass (106 tests)2008: 61.4% pass (57 tests)199920032008
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (71.3%)
1999 435 75.2% +3.9 pp
2000 2,833 73.1% +1.8 pp
2001 4,189 70.8% -0.5 pp
2002 2,667 70.3% -1.0 pp
2003 1,213 70.2% -1.1 pp
2004 117 76.9% +5.6 pp
2005 105 78.1% +6.8 pp
2006 106 62.3% -9.0 pp
2008 57 61.4% -9.9 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 · 2005–2025
63%73%82%2005: 71.8% pass (326 tests)2006: 74.3% pass (1,602 tests)2007: 73.4% pass (1,261 tests)2008: 70.9% pass (1,160 tests)2009: 66.6% pass (1,031 tests)2010: 71.4% pass (864 tests)2011: 66.4% pass (818 tests)2012: 69.4% pass (706 tests)2013: 69.0% pass (649 tests)2014: 69.0% pass (584 tests)2015: 68.6% pass (490 tests)2016: 71.6% pass (415 tests)2017: 74.3% pass (362 tests)2018: 73.7% pass (243 tests)2019: 78.0% pass (223 tests)2020: 76.9% pass (208 tests)2021: 75.8% pass (215 tests)2022: 70.7% pass (205 tests)2023: 74.3% pass (148 tests)2024: 79.2% pass (120 tests)2025: 76.7% pass (129 tests)20052025

Questions

Which Habana years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2006, 2008 registered examples pass first time less often than the Aprilia Habana overall (71.3%); the 2008 cohort is lowest at 61.4% from 57 tests.
Which Habana year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2005, at 78.1% of 105 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1999, 2004, 2005.
How much does the Habana pass rate vary by year?
16.7 percentage points between the highest (2005, 78.1%) and lowest (2008, 61.4%) 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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