Ducati Hypermotard 796: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Hypermotard 796 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.8% average, from 1,377 DVSA tests.

2012

highest-passing year · 86.6%

2011

lowest-passing year · 83.5%

3.1pp

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: 2012 (86.6% of 365 tests). Lowest: 2011 (83.5% of 455).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (84.8%)
2010	538	85.3%	+0.5 pp
2011	455	83.5%	-1.3 pp
2012	365	86.6%	+1.8 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 · 2013–2025

Questions

Which Hypermotard 796 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati Hypermotard 796 falls more than two points under the model's 84.8% overall pass rate.
Which Hypermotard 796 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2012, at 86.6% of 365 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Hypermotard 796 pass rate vary by year?: 3.1 percentage points between the highest (2012, 86.6%) and lowest (2011, 83.5%) 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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