BMW F850: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which F850 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 94.6% average, from 2,828 DVSA tests.

2019

highest-passing year · 95.2%

2018

lowest-passing year · 92.9%

2.3pp

spread across 3 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: 2019 (95.2% of 1,637 tests). Lowest: 2018 (92.9% of 638).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (94.6%)
2018	638	92.9%	-1.7 pp
2019	1,637	95.2%	+0.6 pp
2020	514	94.9%	+0.3 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 · 2021–2025

Questions

Which F850 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the BMW F850 falls more than two points under the model's 94.6% overall pass rate.
Which F850 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2019, at 95.2% of 1,637 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the F850 pass rate vary by year?: 2.3 percentage points between the highest (2019, 95.2%) and lowest (2018, 92.9%) 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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