Ducati 1299: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which 1299 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 92.0% average, from 3,716 DVSA tests.

2017

highest-passing year · 93.5%

2015

lowest-passing year · 90.9%

2.6pp

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: 2017 (93.5% of 522 tests). Lowest: 2015 (90.9% of 1,810).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (92.0%)
2015	1,810	90.9%	-1.1 pp
2016	1,371	92.9%	+0.9 pp
2017	522	93.5%	+1.5 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 · 2018–2025

Questions

Which 1299 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati 1299 falls more than two points under the model's 92.0% overall pass rate.
Which 1299 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2017, at 93.5% of 522 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the 1299 pass rate vary by year?: 2.6 percentage points between the highest (2017, 93.5%) and lowest (2015, 90.9%) 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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