Ducati 998: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which 998 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.6% average, from 4,386 DVSA tests.

2004

highest-passing year · 89.9%

2003

lowest-passing year · 89.4%

0.5pp

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: 2004 (89.9% of 762 tests). Lowest: 2003 (89.4% of 838).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.6%)
2002	2,675	89.5%	-0.1 pp
2003	838	89.4%	-0.2 pp
2004	762	89.9%	+0.3 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 · 2005–2025

Questions

Which 998 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati 998 falls more than two points under the model's 89.6% overall pass rate.
Which 998 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2004, at 89.9% of 762 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the 998 pass rate vary by year?: 0.5 percentage points between the highest (2004, 89.9%) and lowest (2003, 89.4%) 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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