Ducati 998S: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which 998S years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.1% average, from 645 DVSA tests.

2002

highest-passing year · 90.7%

2005

lowest-passing year · 88.1%

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: 2002 (90.7% of 443 tests). Lowest: 2005 (88.1% of 59).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (90.1%)
2002	443	90.7%	+0.6 pp
2004	87	89.7%	-0.4 pp
2005	59	88.1%	-2.0 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 · 2006–2022

Questions

Which 998S years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati 998S falls more than two points under the model's 90.1% overall pass rate.
Which 998S year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2002, at 90.7% of 443 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the 998S pass rate vary by year?: 2.6 percentage points between the highest (2002, 90.7%) and lowest (2005, 88.1%) 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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