Ducati Panigale V2: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Panigale V2 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.8% average, from 849 DVSA tests.

2019

highest-passing year · 93.8%

2021

lowest-passing year · 89.1%

4.7pp

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 (93.8% of 65 tests). Lowest: 2021 (89.1% of 238).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (90.8%)
2019	65	93.8%	+3.0 pp
2020	404	91.1%	+0.3 pp
2021	238	89.1%	-1.7 pp
2022	138	92.0%	+1.2 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 · 2023–2025

Questions

Which Panigale V2 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati Panigale V2 falls more than two points under the model's 90.8% overall pass rate.
Which Panigale V2 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2019, at 93.8% of 65 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Panigale V2 pass rate vary by year?: 4.7 percentage points between the highest (2019, 93.8%) and lowest (2021, 89.1%) 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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