Ducati 1000DS: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which 1000DS years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 81.8% average, from 917 DVSA tests.

2005

highest-passing year · 93.0%

2003

lowest-passing year · 80.1%

12.9pp

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: 2005 (93.0% of 71 tests). Lowest: 2003 (80.1% of 392).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (81.8%)
2003	392	80.1%	-1.7 pp
2004	291	81.4%	-0.4 pp
2005	71	93.0%	+11.2 pp
2006	64	87.5%	+5.7 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 · 2006–2022

Questions

Which 1000DS years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati 1000DS falls more than two points under the model's 81.8% overall pass rate.
Which 1000DS year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2005, at 93.0% of 71 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2005, 2006.
How much does the 1000DS pass rate vary by year?: 12.9 percentage points between the highest (2005, 93.0%) and lowest (2003, 80.1%) 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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