Aprilia MX50: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which MX50 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 53.1% average, from 951 DVSA tests.

2005

highest-passing year · 58.5%

2003

lowest-passing year · 52.9%

5.6pp

spread across 3 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 (58.5% of 82 tests). Lowest: 2003 (52.9% of 486).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (53.1%)
2003	486	52.9%	-0.2 pp
2004	343	53.1%	+0.0 pp
2005	82	58.5%	+5.4 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 · 2006–2016

Questions

Which MX50 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Aprilia MX50 falls more than two points under the model's 53.1% overall pass rate.
Which MX50 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2005, at 58.5% of 82 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the MX50 pass rate vary by year?: 5.6 percentage points between the highest (2005, 58.5%) and lowest (2003, 52.9%) 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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