Barossa XS 125 T-13: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XS 125 T-13 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 69.3% average, from 796 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 74.6%

2010

lowest-passing year · 61.4%

13.2pp

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: 2009 (74.6% of 252 tests). Lowest: 2010 (61.4% of 70). Years more than two points below the model average: 2008, 2010.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (69.3%)
2008	464	67.2%	-2.1 pp
2009	252	74.6%	+5.3 pp
2010	70	61.4%	-7.9 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 · 2011–2017

Questions

Which XS 125 T-13 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2008, 2010 registered examples pass first time less often than the Barossa XS 125 T-13 overall (69.3%); the 2010 cohort is lowest at 61.4% from 70 tests.
Which XS 125 T-13 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 74.6% of 252 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the XS 125 T-13 pass rate vary by year?: 13.2 percentage points between the highest (2009, 74.6%) and lowest (2010, 61.4%) 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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