Aprilia Mana: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Mana years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.4% average, from 962 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 87.2%

2011

lowest-passing year · 78.5%

8.7pp

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: 2009 (87.2% of 250 tests). Lowest: 2011 (78.5% of 79). Years more than two points below the model average: 2010, 2011.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (85.4%)
2008	369	85.4%	+0.0 pp
2009	250	87.2%	+1.8 pp
2010	198	82.8%	-2.6 pp
2011	79	78.5%	-6.9 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 · 2013–2025

Questions

Which Mana years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2010, 2011 registered examples pass first time less often than the Aprilia Mana overall (85.4%); the 2011 cohort is lowest at 78.5% from 79 tests.
Which Mana year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 87.2% of 250 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Mana pass rate vary by year?: 8.7 percentage points between the highest (2009, 87.2%) and lowest (2011, 78.5%) 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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