Ducati Scrambler Icon: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Scrambler Icon years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 91.9% average, from 839 DVSA tests.

2017

highest-passing year · 93.8%

2018

lowest-passing year · 89.9%

3.9pp

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: 2017 (93.8% of 292 tests). Lowest: 2018 (89.9% of 237).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (91.9%)
2017	292	93.8%	+1.9 pp
2018	237	89.9%	-2.0 pp
2019	227	91.2%	-0.7 pp
2020	69	91.3%	-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 · 2020–2025

Questions

Which Scrambler Icon years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati Scrambler Icon falls more than two points under the model's 91.9% overall pass rate.
Which Scrambler Icon year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2017, at 93.8% of 292 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Scrambler Icon pass rate vary by year?: 3.9 percentage points between the highest (2017, 93.8%) and lowest (2018, 89.9%) 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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