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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Ducati Sport 1000: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Sport 1000 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.1% average, from 545 DVSA tests.

2006
highest-passing year · 93.0%
2008
lowest-passing year · 83.3%
9.7pp
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: 2006 (93.0% of 285 tests). Lowest: 2008 (83.3% of 78). Years more than two points below the model average: 2008.

81%88%95%2005: 90.4% pass (52 tests)2006: 93.0% pass (285 tests)2007: 91.7% pass (108 tests)2008: 83.3% pass (78 tests)200520072008
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (90.1%)
2005 52 90.4% +0.3 pp
2006 285 93.0% +2.9 pp
2007 108 91.7% +1.6 pp
2008 78 83.3% -6.8 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 · 2009–2021
77%88%99%2009: 88.2% pass (34 tests)2010: 92.3% pass (39 tests)2011: 95.7% pass (47 tests)2012: 93.0% pass (43 tests)2013: 87.8% pass (41 tests)2014: 86.7% pass (45 tests)2015: 81.0% pass (42 tests)2016: 88.6% pass (35 tests)2017: 94.3% pass (35 tests)2021: 87.5% pass (32 tests)20092021

Questions

Which Sport 1000 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2008 registered examples pass first time less often than the Ducati Sport 1000 overall (90.1%); the 2008 cohort is lowest at 83.3% from 78 tests.
Which Sport 1000 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2006, at 93.0% of 285 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Sport 1000 pass rate vary by year?
9.7 percentage points between the highest (2006, 93.0%) and lowest (2008, 83.3%) 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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