Ducati Multistrada 1200: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Multistrada 1200 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.6% average, from 1,884 DVSA tests.

2010

highest-passing year · 88.3%

2012

lowest-passing year · 82.0%

6.3pp

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: 2010 (88.3% of 846 tests). Lowest: 2012 (82.0% of 294). Years more than two points below the model average: 2012.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (86.6%)
2010	846	88.3%	+1.7 pp
2011	717	86.2%	-0.4 pp
2012	294	82.0%	-4.6 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 · 2013–2025

Questions

Which Multistrada 1200 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2012 registered examples pass first time less often than the Ducati Multistrada 1200 overall (86.6%); the 2012 cohort is lowest at 82.0% from 294 tests.
Which Multistrada 1200 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2010, at 88.3% of 846 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Multistrada 1200 pass rate vary by year?: 6.3 percentage points between the highest (2010, 88.3%) and lowest (2012, 82.0%) 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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