BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Ducati Panigale: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Panigale years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 91.7% average, from 659 DVSA tests.

2015
highest-passing year · 95.0%
2012
lowest-passing year · 87.8%
7.2pp
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: 2015 (95.0% of 199 tests). Lowest: 2012 (87.8% of 181). Years more than two points below the model average: 2012.

86%91%96%2012: 87.8% pass (181 tests)2015: 95.0% pass (199 tests)2016: 93.5% pass (124 tests)201220152016
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (91.7%)
2012 181 87.8% -3.9 pp
2015 199 95.0% +3.3 pp
2016 124 93.5% +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 · 2018–2025
87%92%97%2018: 93.0% pass (43 tests)2019: 93.8% pass (65 tests)2020: 89.7% pass (78 tests)2021: 92.9% pass (84 tests)2022: 95.3% pass (86 tests)2023: 88.4% pass (86 tests)2024: 93.4% pass (61 tests)2025: 93.2% pass (88 tests)20182025

Questions

Which Panigale years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2012 registered examples pass first time less often than the Ducati Panigale overall (91.7%); the 2012 cohort is lowest at 87.8% from 181 tests.
Which Panigale year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2015, at 95.0% of 199 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Panigale pass rate vary by year?
7.2 percentage points between the highest (2015, 95.0%) and lowest (2012, 87.8%) 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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