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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Ducati F848: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which F848 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.0% average, from 1,894 DVSA tests.

2013
highest-passing year · 88.3%
2015
lowest-passing year · 84.9%
3.4pp
spread across 4 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: 2013 (88.3% of 547 tests). Lowest: 2015 (84.9% of 119). Years more than two points below the model average: 2015.

84%87%89%2012: 86.1% pass (922 tests)2013: 88.3% pass (547 tests)2014: 87.3% pass (275 tests)2015: 84.9% pass (119 tests)201220142015
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (87.0%)
2012 922 86.1% -0.9 pp
2013 547 88.3% +1.3 pp
2014 275 87.3% +0.3 pp
2015 119 84.9% -2.1 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 · 2015–2025
80%88%97%2015: 85.5% pass (110 tests)2016: 89.9% pass (178 tests)2017: 85.7% pass (230 tests)2018: 87.7% pass (187 tests)2019: 82.6% pass (190 tests)2020: 91.3% pass (138 tests)2021: 85.4% pass (205 tests)2022: 86.2% pass (195 tests)2023: 86.7% pass (181 tests)2024: 94.1% pass (119 tests)2025: 85.3% pass (156 tests)20152025

Questions

Which F848 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2015 registered examples pass first time less often than the Ducati F848 overall (87.0%); the 2015 cohort is lowest at 84.9% from 119 tests.
Which F848 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2013, at 88.3% of 547 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the F848 pass rate vary by year?
3.4 percentage points between the highest (2013, 88.3%) and lowest (2015, 84.9%) 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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