Cagiva Elefant-750: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Elefant-750 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.2% average, from 505 DVSA tests.

1996

highest-passing year · 80.5%

1997

lowest-passing year · 73.1%

7.4pp

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: 1996 (80.5% of 118 tests). Lowest: 1997 (73.1% of 52). Years more than two points below the model average: 1994, 1995, 1997.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (79.2%)
1994	119	75.6%	-3.6 pp
1995	83	77.1%	-2.1 pp
1996	118	80.5%	+1.3 pp
1997	52	73.1%	-6.1 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 · 2006–2011

Questions

Which Elefant-750 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1994, 1995, 1997 registered examples pass first time less often than the Cagiva Elefant-750 overall (79.2%); the 1997 cohort is lowest at 73.1% from 52 tests.
Which Elefant-750 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1996, at 80.5% of 118 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Elefant-750 pass rate vary by year?: 7.4 percentage points between the highest (1996, 80.5%) and lowest (1997, 73.1%) 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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