Betamotor Alp 4T: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Alp 4T years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 80.8% average, from 825 DVSA tests.

2004

highest-passing year · 88.9%

2012

lowest-passing year · 63.5%

25.4pp

spread across 9 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 (88.9% of 63 tests). Lowest: 2012 (63.5% of 63). Years more than two points below the model average: 2000, 2012.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (80.8%)
2000	86	77.9%	-2.9 pp
2001	59	83.1%	+2.3 pp
2002	117	81.2%	+0.4 pp
2003	101	88.1%	+7.3 pp
2004	63	88.9%	+8.1 pp
2012	63	63.5%	-17.3 pp
2013	64	82.8%	+2.0 pp
2014	91	82.4%	+1.6 pp
2016	53	83.0%	+2.2 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 · 2015–2025

Questions

Which Alp 4T years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2000, 2012 registered examples pass first time less often than the Betamotor Alp 4T overall (80.8%); the 2012 cohort is lowest at 63.5% from 63 tests.
Which Alp 4T year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2004, at 88.9% of 63 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2001, 2003, 2004, 2016.
How much does the Alp 4T pass rate vary by year?: 25.4 percentage points between the highest (2004, 88.9%) and lowest (2012, 63.5%) 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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