Ducati ST3: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ST3 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.0% average, from 2,747 DVSA tests.

2008

highest-passing year · 94.3%

2005

lowest-passing year · 86.3%

8.0pp

spread across 5 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: 2008 (94.3% of 88 tests). Lowest: 2005 (86.3% of 612).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.0%)
2004	859	88.0%	+0.0 pp
2005	612	86.3%	-1.7 pp
2006	601	89.4%	+1.4 pp
2007	532	87.6%	-0.4 pp
2008	88	94.3%	+6.3 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 · 2007–2025

Questions

Which ST3 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Ducati ST3 falls more than two points under the model's 88.0% overall pass rate.
Which ST3 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2008, at 94.3% of 88 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ST3 pass rate vary by year?: 8.0 percentage points between the highest (2008, 94.3%) and lowest (2005, 86.3%) 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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