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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

BMW HP2: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which HP2 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 94.2% average, from 932 DVSA tests.

2011
highest-passing year · 97.4%
2006
lowest-passing year · 83.3%
14.1pp
spread across 6 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: 2011 (97.4% of 114 tests). Lowest: 2006 (83.3% of 54). Years more than two points below the model average: 2006.

80%90%100%2006: 83.3% pass (54 tests)2007: 93.0% pass (71 tests)2008: 93.8% pass (129 tests)2009: 95.0% pass (260 tests)2010: 94.8% pass (270 tests)2011: 97.4% pass (114 tests)200620092011
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (94.2%)
2006 54 83.3% -10.9 pp
2007 71 93.0% -1.2 pp
2008 129 93.8% -0.4 pp
2009 260 95.0% +0.8 pp
2010 270 94.8% +0.6 pp
2011 114 97.4% +3.2 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 · 2014–2025
79%90%100%2014: 83.3% pass (30 tests)2015: 97.3% pass (37 tests)2016: 90.6% pass (32 tests)2018: 93.9% pass (98 tests)2019: 92.3% pass (91 tests)2020: 92.0% pass (88 tests)2021: 95.3% pass (107 tests)2022: 95.1% pass (102 tests)2023: 97.1% pass (103 tests)2024: 98.6% pass (73 tests)2025: 98.8% pass (85 tests)20142025

Questions

Which HP2 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2006 registered examples pass first time less often than the BMW HP2 overall (94.2%); the 2006 cohort is lowest at 83.3% from 54 tests.
Which HP2 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2011, at 97.4% of 114 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the HP2 pass rate vary by year?
14.1 percentage points between the highest (2011, 97.4%) and lowest (2006, 83.3%) 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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