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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

BMW F650: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which F650 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.0% average, from 19,346 DVSA tests.

2010
highest-passing year · 95.9%
2003
lowest-passing year · 74.4%
21.5pp
spread across 13 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: 2010 (95.9% of 73 tests). Lowest: 2003 (74.4% of 117). Years more than two points below the model average: 1993, 1994, 2003.

70%85%100%1993: 76.5% pass (170 tests)1994: 76.3% pass (2,411 tests)1995: 78.0% pass (2,630 tests)1996: 77.4% pass (2,665 tests)1997: 80.0% pass (3,537 tests)1998: 79.2% pass (2,345 tests)1999: 78.7% pass (1,872 tests)2000: 80.5% pass (1,819 tests)2001: 81.8% pass (1,362 tests)2003: 74.4% pass (117 tests)2008: 90.1% pass (131 tests)2009: 94.8% pass (58 tests)2010: 95.9% pass (73 tests)199319992010
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (79.0%)
1993 170 76.5% -2.5 pp
1994 2,411 76.3% -2.7 pp
1995 2,630 78.0% -1.0 pp
1996 2,665 77.4% -1.6 pp
1997 3,537 80.0% +1.0 pp
1998 2,345 79.2% +0.2 pp
1999 1,872 78.7% -0.3 pp
2000 1,819 80.5% +1.5 pp
2001 1,362 81.8% +2.8 pp
2003 117 74.4% -4.6 pp
2008 131 90.1% +11.1 pp
2009 58 94.8% +15.8 pp
2010 73 95.9% +16.9 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 · 2005–2025
74%80%85%2005: 79.5% pass (342 tests)2006: 81.5% pass (1,557 tests)2007: 78.1% pass (1,473 tests)2008: 76.5% pass (1,431 tests)2009: 76.2% pass (1,383 tests)2010: 76.4% pass (1,254 tests)2011: 78.1% pass (1,271 tests)2012: 77.5% pass (1,171 tests)2013: 78.9% pass (1,128 tests)2014: 78.0% pass (1,074 tests)2015: 82.9% pass (1,001 tests)2016: 79.0% pass (939 tests)2017: 79.3% pass (881 tests)2018: 81.1% pass (599 tests)2019: 80.1% pass (602 tests)2020: 80.3% pass (512 tests)2021: 81.3% pass (684 tests)2022: 80.7% pass (612 tests)2023: 79.5% pass (572 tests)2024: 80.5% pass (421 tests)2025: 83.1% pass (439 tests)20052025

Questions

Which F650 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1993, 1994, 2003 registered examples pass first time less often than the BMW F650 overall (79.0%); the 2003 cohort is lowest at 74.4% from 117 tests.
Which F650 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2010, at 95.9% of 73 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010.
How much does the F650 pass rate vary by year?
21.5 percentage points between the highest (2010, 95.9%) and lowest (2003, 74.4%) 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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