BMW K75: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which K75 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.8% average, from 17,453 DVSA tests.

1989

highest-passing year · 86.5%

1993

lowest-passing year · 85.1%

1.4pp

spread across 14 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: 1989 (86.5% of 1,609 tests). Lowest: 1993 (85.1% of 2,139).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (85.8%)
1971	50	86.0%	+0.2 pp
1985	422	86.3%	+0.5 pp
1986	1,729	85.2%	-0.6 pp
1987	1,705	86.1%	+0.3 pp
1988	1,872	85.1%	-0.7 pp
1989	1,609	86.5%	+0.7 pp
1990	1,501	86.1%	+0.3 pp
1991	1,728	85.7%	-0.1 pp
1992	1,575	85.8%	+0.0 pp
1993	2,139	85.1%	-0.7 pp
1994	1,305	86.1%	+0.3 pp
1995	1,021	86.5%	+0.7 pp
1996	523	85.7%	-0.1 pp
1997	113	85.8%	+0.0 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

Questions

Which K75 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the BMW K75 falls more than two points under the model's 85.8% overall pass rate.
Which K75 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1989, at 86.5% of 1,609 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the K75 pass rate vary by year?: 1.4 percentage points between the highest (1989, 86.5%) and lowest (1993, 85.1%) 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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