BMW C1: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which C1 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 77.7% average, from 8,766 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 80.1%

2000

lowest-passing year · 74.6%

5.5pp

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: 2003 (80.1% of 1,414 tests). Lowest: 2000 (74.6% of 1,175). Years more than two points below the model average: 2000, 2004.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (77.7%)
2000	1,175	74.6%	-3.1 pp
2001	3,887	77.4%	-0.3 pp
2002	1,816	78.3%	+0.6 pp
2003	1,414	80.1%	+2.4 pp
2004	418	75.6%	-2.1 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 · 2005–2025

Questions

Which C1 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2000, 2004 registered examples pass first time less often than the BMW C1 overall (77.7%); the 2000 cohort is lowest at 74.6% from 1,175 tests.
Which C1 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 80.1% of 1,414 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the C1 pass rate vary by year?: 5.5 percentage points between the highest (2003, 80.1%) and lowest (2000, 74.6%) 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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