Ducati Diavel Carbon: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Diavel Carbon years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.7% average, from 2,884 DVSA tests.

2011

highest-passing year · 88.8%

2012

lowest-passing year · 87.8%

1.0pp

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: 2011 (88.8% of 1,841 tests). Lowest: 2012 (87.8% of 736).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.7%)
2011	1,841	88.8%	+0.1 pp
2012	736	87.8%	-0.9 pp
2013	208	88.5%	-0.2 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 · 2014–2025

Questions

Which Diavel Carbon years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati Diavel Carbon falls more than two points under the model's 88.7% overall pass rate.
Which Diavel Carbon year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2011, at 88.8% of 1,841 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Diavel Carbon pass rate vary by year?: 1.0 percentage points between the highest (2011, 88.8%) and lowest (2012, 87.8%) 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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