Aprilia RSV 07: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which RSV 07 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.2% average, from 560 DVSA tests.

2007

highest-passing year · 85.8%

2009

lowest-passing year · 83.2%

2.6pp

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: 2007 (85.8% of 197 tests). Lowest: 2009 (83.2% of 143).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (85.2%)
2007	197	85.8%	+0.6 pp
2008	191	85.3%	+0.1 pp
2009	143	83.2%	-2.0 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 · 2010–2017

Questions

Which RSV 07 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Aprilia RSV 07 falls more than two points under the model's 85.2% overall pass rate.
Which RSV 07 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2007, at 85.8% of 197 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the RSV 07 pass rate vary by year?: 2.6 percentage points between the highest (2007, 85.8%) and lowest (2009, 83.2%) 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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