BMW R80/7: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which R80/7 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.5% average, from 1,446 DVSA tests.

1980

highest-passing year · 86.5%

1979

lowest-passing year · 84.1%

2.4pp

spread across 4 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: 1980 (86.5% of 207 tests). Lowest: 1979 (84.1% of 414).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (85.5%)
1977	95	84.2%	-1.3 pp
1978	683	85.9%	+0.4 pp
1979	414	84.1%	-1.4 pp
1980	207	86.5%	+1.0 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 · 2006–2017

Questions

Which R80/7 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the BMW R80/7 falls more than two points under the model's 85.5% overall pass rate.
Which R80/7 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1980, at 86.5% of 207 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the R80/7 pass rate vary by year?: 2.4 percentage points between the highest (1980, 86.5%) and lowest (1979, 84.1%) 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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