Aprilia Sport City Cube 300: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Sport City Cube 300 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.5% average, from 753 DVSA tests.

2012

highest-passing year · 90.6%

2009

lowest-passing year · 83.2%

7.4pp

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: 2012 (90.6% of 127 tests). Lowest: 2009 (83.2% of 208). Years more than two points below the model average: 2009.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (87.5%)
2009	208	83.2%	-4.3 pp
2010	194	89.7%	+2.2 pp
2011	187	87.2%	-0.3 pp
2012	127	90.6%	+3.1 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 · 2012–2025

Questions

Which Sport City Cube 300 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2009 registered examples pass first time less often than the Aprilia Sport City Cube 300 overall (87.5%); the 2009 cohort is lowest at 83.2% from 208 tests.
Which Sport City Cube 300 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2012, at 90.6% of 127 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2010, 2012.
How much does the Sport City Cube 300 pass rate vary by year?: 7.4 percentage points between the highest (2012, 90.6%) 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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