Ducati Scrambler Full Throttle: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Scrambler Full Throttle years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 93.3% average, from 669 DVSA tests.

2018

highest-passing year · 94.3%

2020

lowest-passing year · 89.4%

4.9pp

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: 2018 (94.3% of 159 tests). Lowest: 2020 (89.4% of 66). Years more than two points below the model average: 2020.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (93.3%)
2017	244	93.9%	+0.6 pp
2018	159	94.3%	+1.0 pp
2019	200	93.0%	-0.3 pp
2020	66	89.4%	-3.9 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 · 2020–2025

Questions

Which Scrambler Full Throttle years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2020 registered examples pass first time less often than the Ducati Scrambler Full Throttle overall (93.3%); the 2020 cohort is lowest at 89.4% from 66 tests.
Which Scrambler Full Throttle year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2018, at 94.3% of 159 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Scrambler Full Throttle pass rate vary by year?: 4.9 percentage points between the highest (2018, 94.3%) and lowest (2020, 89.4%) 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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