Ducati 999: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which 999 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.2% average, from 6,719 DVSA tests.

2006

highest-passing year · 87.0%

2003

lowest-passing year · 82.3%

4.7pp

spread across 6 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: 2006 (87.0% of 1,003 tests). Lowest: 2003 (82.3% of 1,433).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (84.2%)
2002	863	84.7%	+0.5 pp
2003	1,433	82.3%	-1.9 pp
2004	1,407	83.4%	-0.8 pp
2005	1,681	84.1%	-0.1 pp
2006	1,003	87.0%	+2.8 pp
2007	295	86.8%	+2.6 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 · 2006–2025

Questions

Which 999 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati 999 falls more than two points under the model's 84.2% overall pass rate.
Which 999 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2006, at 87.0% of 1,003 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2006, 2007.
How much does the 999 pass rate vary by year?: 4.7 percentage points between the highest (2006, 87.0%) and lowest (2003, 82.3%) 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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