BMW K1600: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which K1600 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 95.3% average, from 12,051 DVSA tests.

2022

highest-passing year · 97.8%

2012

lowest-passing year · 93.8%

4.0pp

spread across 12 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: 2022 (97.8% of 271 tests). Lowest: 2012 (93.8% of 1,001).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (95.3%)
2011	1,863	93.9%	-1.4 pp
2012	1,001	93.8%	-1.5 pp
2013	789	94.3%	-1.0 pp
2014	1,853	95.5%	+0.2 pp
2015	1,100	96.1%	+0.8 pp
2016	706	95.5%	+0.2 pp
2017	1,681	96.2%	+0.9 pp
2018	1,268	95.6%	+0.3 pp
2019	768	95.7%	+0.4 pp
2020	541	96.3%	+1.0 pp
2021	199	97.0%	+1.7 pp
2022	271	97.8%	+2.5 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

Questions

Which K1600 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the BMW K1600 falls more than two points under the model's 95.3% overall pass rate.
Which K1600 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2022, at 97.8% of 271 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the K1600 pass rate vary by year?: 4.0 percentage points between the highest (2022, 97.8%) and lowest (2012, 93.8%) 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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