Registration-year report · 2005–2025
Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025
BMW R80: MOT pass rate by registration year
Which R80 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.0% average, from 30,162 DVSA tests.
1996
highest-passing year · 93.5%
1977
lowest-passing year · 84.0%
9.5pp
spread across 24 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: 1996 (93.5% of 199 tests). Lowest: 1977 (84.0% of 144).
| Registered | Tests | First-time pass | vs model (86.0%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 70 | 88.6% | +2.6 pp |
| 1977 | 144 | 84.0% | -2.0 pp |
| 1978 | 1,157 | 86.9% | +0.9 pp |
| 1979 | 1,131 | 84.3% | -1.7 pp |
| 1980 | 1,199 | 84.7% | -1.3 pp |
| 1981 | 618 | 87.2% | +1.2 pp |
| 1982 | 910 | 86.4% | +0.4 pp |
| 1983 | 2,149 | 84.9% | -1.1 pp |
| 1984 | 3,266 | 86.5% | +0.5 pp |
| 1985 | 2,855 | 86.0% | +0.0 pp |
| 1986 | 2,757 | 85.4% | -0.6 pp |
| 1987 | 1,858 | 85.5% | -0.5 pp |
| 1988 | 1,649 | 86.1% | +0.1 pp |
| 1989 | 1,730 | 86.1% | +0.1 pp |
| 1990 | 1,823 | 85.0% | -1.0 pp |
| 1991 | 1,608 | 85.8% | -0.2 pp |
| 1992 | 1,274 | 87.1% | +1.1 pp |
| 1993 | 1,084 | 89.1% | +3.1 pp |
| 1994 | 1,567 | 86.3% | +0.3 pp |
| 1995 | 503 | 85.1% | -0.9 pp |
| 1996 | 199 | 93.5% | +7.5 pp |
| 1997 | 118 | 93.2% | +7.2 pp |
| 1998 | 68 | 89.7% | +3.7 pp |
| 1999 | 66 | 90.9% | +4.9 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 R80 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
- none: no registration year of the BMW R80 falls more than two points under the model's 86.0% overall pass rate.
- Which R80 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
- 1996, at 93.5% of 199 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1971, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999.
- How much does the R80 pass rate vary by year?
- 9.5 percentage points between the highest (1996, 93.5%) and lowest (1977, 84.0%) 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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