Ducati 1098: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which 1098 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.3% average, from 3,749 DVSA tests.

2007

highest-passing year · 88.2%

2008

lowest-passing year · 85.9%

2.3pp

spread across 3 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: 2007 (88.2% of 1,992 tests). Lowest: 2008 (85.9% of 1,263).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (87.3%)
2007	1,992	88.2%	+0.9 pp
2008	1,263	85.9%	-1.4 pp
2009	442	87.3%	+0.0 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 · 2010–2025

Questions

Which 1098 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati 1098 falls more than two points under the model's 87.3% overall pass rate.
Which 1098 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2007, at 88.2% of 1,992 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the 1098 pass rate vary by year?: 2.3 percentage points between the highest (2007, 88.2%) and lowest (2008, 85.9%) 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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