BMW F650 CS: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which F650 CS years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 82.0% average, from 6,137 DVSA tests.

2005

highest-passing year · 85.9%

2002

lowest-passing year · 80.5%

5.4pp

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: 2005 (85.9% of 192 tests). Lowest: 2002 (80.5% of 2,655).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (82.0%)
2001	444	82.0%	+0.0 pp
2002	2,655	80.5%	-1.5 pp
2003	1,948	84.2%	+2.2 pp
2004	795	81.5%	-0.5 pp
2005	192	85.9%	+3.9 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 · 2005–2017

Questions

Which F650 CS years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the BMW F650 CS falls more than two points under the model's 82.0% overall pass rate.
Which F650 CS year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2005, at 85.9% of 192 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2003, 2005.
How much does the F650 CS pass rate vary by year?: 5.4 percentage points between the highest (2005, 85.9%) and lowest (2002, 80.5%) 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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