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MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
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Model report · 2005–2025

BAOTIAN BT 49 QT-9F

49cc Petrol Class 1
66.6%
first-time pass rate
27.0%
failed outright
7,412
median miles at test
341
MOT tests, 2005–2025

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2014–2017

The BT 49 QT-9F's first-time pass rate has risen 8.5 points since 2014, 59.0% to 67.5%.

56%65%73%2014: 59.0% pass (61 tests)2015: 63.9% pass (72 tests)2016: 70.0% pass (70 tests)2017: 67.5% pass (40 tests)20142017

What fails on a BT 49 QT-9F

failure defects by component group · advisories excluded
Component group Share of defects Defects % of defects
steering and suspension
88 30.3
lighting and signalling
83 28.6
brakes
36 12.4
fuel and exhaust
18 6.2
lamps and reflectors
16 5.5
tyres and wheels
15 5.2
body and structure
11 3.8
suspension
10 3.4
structure and attachments
7 2.4
steering
6 2.1

Defects recorded against failed normal tests, 2005–2025, grouped by DVSA inspection section. One test can record multiple defects.

How rivals compare

same type, similar capacity, high test volume

On first-time pass rate the BT 49 QT-9F beats 2 of its 4 closest rivals (PEUGEOT SPEEDFIGHT, PIAGGIO ZIP, PIAGGIO NRG).

Rivals share this bike's type and sit within ±30% of its engine capacity, ≥ 5,000 tests. Card colour = better/worse first-time pass rate than the BT 49 QT-9F.

Pass rate by registration year

how each model-year cohort fares · registration year from first use date

Best year to buy used: 2011 (70.3% pass). Weakest: 2010 (60.7%).

59%66%72%2010: 60.7% pass (56 tests)2011: 70.3% pass (158 tests)2012: 65.7% pass (99 tests)201020112012

First-time pass rate by the year each bike was first registered (cohorts with ≥ 50 tests). Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.