Ducati Multistrada 1260 S: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Multistrada 1260 S years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 94.2% average, from 2,442 DVSA tests.

2019

highest-passing year · 95.3%

2018

lowest-passing year · 93.6%

1.7pp

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: 2019 (95.3% of 900 tests). Lowest: 2018 (93.6% of 1,244).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (94.2%)
2017	116	94.0%	-0.2 pp
2018	1,244	93.6%	-0.6 pp
2019	900	95.3%	+1.1 pp
2020	156	93.6%	-0.6 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 · 2021–2025

Questions

Which Multistrada 1260 S years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati Multistrada 1260 S falls more than two points under the model's 94.2% overall pass rate.
Which Multistrada 1260 S year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2019, at 95.3% of 900 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Multistrada 1260 S pass rate vary by year?: 1.7 percentage points between the highest (2019, 95.3%) and lowest (2018, 93.6%) 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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