Ducati M696 +: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which M696 + years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.3% average, from 6,768 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 87.3%

2010

lowest-passing year · 84.9%

2.4pp

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: 2009 (87.3% of 1,944 tests). Lowest: 2010 (84.9% of 1,027).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (86.3%)
2008	1,817	86.1%	-0.2 pp
2009	1,944	87.3%	+1.0 pp
2010	1,027	84.9%	-1.4 pp
2011	705	86.4%	+0.1 pp
2012	776	86.3%	+0.0 pp
2013	482	86.3%	+0.0 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 · 2011–2025

Questions

Which M696 + years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati M696 + falls more than two points under the model's 86.3% overall pass rate.
Which M696 + year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 87.3% of 1,944 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the M696 + pass rate vary by year?: 2.4 percentage points between the highest (2009, 87.3%) and lowest (2010, 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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