Gilera Coguar: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Coguar years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 61.3% average, from 582 DVSA tests.

2001

highest-passing year · 68.5%

2002

lowest-passing year · 57.2%

11.3pp

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: 2001 (68.5% of 178 tests). Lowest: 2002 (57.2% of 152). Years more than two points below the model average: 2002, 2003.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (61.3%)
2000	103	61.2%	-0.1 pp
2001	178	68.5%	+7.2 pp
2002	152	57.2%	-4.1 pp
2003	144	57.6%	-3.7 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 · 2006–2009

Questions

Which Coguar years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2002, 2003 registered examples pass first time less often than the Gilera Coguar overall (61.3%); the 2002 cohort is lowest at 57.2% from 152 tests.
Which Coguar year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2001, at 68.5% of 178 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Coguar pass rate vary by year?: 11.3 percentage points between the highest (2001, 68.5%) and lowest (2002, 57.2%) 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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