Benelli Tornado 900: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Tornado 900 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.2% average, from 811 DVSA tests.

2004

highest-passing year · 89.9%

2006

lowest-passing year · 81.1%

8.8pp

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: 2004 (89.9% of 188 tests). Lowest: 2006 (81.1% of 74). Years more than two points below the model average: 2006, 2007.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (87.2%)
2003	203	87.7%	+0.5 pp
2004	188	89.9%	+2.7 pp
2005	171	87.7%	+0.5 pp
2006	74	81.1%	-6.1 pp
2007	98	83.7%	-3.5 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 · 2007–2017

Questions

Which Tornado 900 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2006, 2007 registered examples pass first time less often than the Benelli Tornado 900 overall (87.2%); the 2006 cohort is lowest at 81.1% from 74 tests.
Which Tornado 900 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2004, at 89.9% of 188 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Tornado 900 pass rate vary by year?: 8.8 percentage points between the highest (2004, 89.9%) and lowest (2006, 81.1%) 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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