Aprilia Scarabeo 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Scarabeo 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 73.1% average, from 592 DVSA tests.

2001

highest-passing year · 82.9%

1999

lowest-passing year · 68.5%

14.4pp

spread across 5 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: 2001 (82.9% of 70 tests). Lowest: 1999 (68.5% of 143). Years more than two points below the model average: 1999, 2002.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (73.1%)
1999	143	68.5%	-4.6 pp
2000	109	73.4%	+0.3 pp
2001	70	82.9%	+9.8 pp
2002	81	69.1%	-4.0 pp
2003	148	74.3%	+1.2 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 · 2006–2013

Questions

Which Scarabeo 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1999, 2002 registered examples pass first time less often than the Aprilia Scarabeo 125 overall (73.1%); the 1999 cohort is lowest at 68.5% from 143 tests.
Which Scarabeo 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2001, at 82.9% of 70 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Scarabeo 125 pass rate vary by year?: 14.4 percentage points between the highest (2001, 82.9%) and lowest (1999, 68.5%) 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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