Cagiva Grand Canyon: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Grand Canyon years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 81.1% average, from 1,129 DVSA tests.

1999

highest-passing year · 83.9%

2001

lowest-passing year · 75.5%

8.4pp

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: 1999 (83.9% of 355 tests). Lowest: 2001 (75.5% of 159). Years more than two points below the model average: 2001.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (81.1%)
1998	183	79.2%	-1.9 pp
1999	355	83.9%	+2.8 pp
2000	398	81.2%	+0.1 pp
2001	159	75.5%	-5.6 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 · 2006–2023

Questions

Which Grand Canyon years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2001 registered examples pass first time less often than the Cagiva Grand Canyon overall (81.1%); the 2001 cohort is lowest at 75.5% from 159 tests.
Which Grand Canyon year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1999, at 83.9% of 355 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Grand Canyon pass rate vary by year?: 8.4 percentage points between the highest (1999, 83.9%) and lowest (2001, 75.5%) 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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