Ducati Pantah: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Pantah years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.3% average, from 533 DVSA tests.

1980

highest-passing year · 96.7%

1983

lowest-passing year · 78.6%

18.1pp

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: 1980 (96.7% of 60 tests). Lowest: 1983 (78.6% of 84). Years more than two points below the model average: 1982, 1983.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (86.3%)
1980	60	96.7%	+10.4 pp
1981	147	87.8%	+1.5 pp
1982	165	83.0%	-3.3 pp
1983	84	78.6%	-7.7 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 · 2006–2016

Questions

Which Pantah years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1982, 1983 registered examples pass first time less often than the Ducati Pantah overall (86.3%); the 1983 cohort is lowest at 78.6% from 84 tests.
Which Pantah year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1980, at 96.7% of 60 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Pantah pass rate vary by year?: 18.1 percentage points between the highest (1980, 96.7%) and lowest (1983, 78.6%) 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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