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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Aprilia Pegaso: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Pegaso years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.4% average, from 1,526 DVSA tests.

2007
highest-passing year · 89.1%
1994
lowest-passing year · 73.3%
15.8pp
spread across 11 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: 2007 (89.1% of 92 tests). Lowest: 1994 (73.3% of 75). Years more than two points below the model average: 1994, 1996, 1997.

70%81%92%1994: 73.3% pass (75 tests)1995: 81.1% pass (106 tests)1996: 77.0% pass (191 tests)1997: 74.1% pass (251 tests)1998: 86.8% pass (76 tests)1999: 82.6% pass (69 tests)2000: 77.5% pass (151 tests)2001: 86.3% pass (146 tests)2002: 82.1% pass (134 tests)2003: 79.0% pass (62 tests)2007: 89.1% pass (92 tests)199419992007
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (79.4%)
1994 75 73.3% -6.1 pp
1995 106 81.1% +1.7 pp
1996 191 77.0% -2.4 pp
1997 251 74.1% -5.3 pp
1998 76 86.8% +7.4 pp
1999 69 82.6% +3.2 pp
2000 151 77.5% -1.9 pp
2001 146 86.3% +6.9 pp
2002 134 82.1% +2.7 pp
2003 62 79.0% -0.4 pp
2007 92 89.1% +9.7 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 · 2006–2025
64%78%93%2006: 87.4% pass (119 tests)2007: 76.6% pass (111 tests)2008: 87.9% pass (99 tests)2009: 73.2% pass (97 tests)2010: 75.2% pass (105 tests)2011: 78.2% pass (101 tests)2012: 84.3% pass (89 tests)2013: 79.0% pass (100 tests)2014: 76.5% pass (98 tests)2015: 74.4% pass (82 tests)2016: 81.7% pass (71 tests)2017: 80.0% pass (65 tests)2018: 81.3% pass (64 tests)2019: 78.7% pass (47 tests)2020: 83.3% pass (42 tests)2021: 83.7% pass (49 tests)2022: 69.0% pass (58 tests)2023: 82.2% pass (45 tests)2024: 77.4% pass (31 tests)2025: 73.3% pass (30 tests)20062025

Questions

Which Pegaso years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1994, 1996, 1997 registered examples pass first time less often than the Aprilia Pegaso overall (79.4%); the 1994 cohort is lowest at 73.3% from 75 tests.
Which Pegaso year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2007, at 89.1% of 92 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007.
How much does the Pegaso pass rate vary by year?
15.8 percentage points between the highest (2007, 89.1%) and lowest (1994, 73.3%) 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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