Gilera Cougar: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Cougar years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 58.7% average, from 5,832 DVSA tests.

2002

highest-passing year · 59.5%

2000

lowest-passing year · 57.6%

1.9pp

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: 2002 (59.5% of 1,410 tests). Lowest: 2000 (57.6% of 1,249).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (58.7%)
2000	1,249	57.6%	-1.1 pp
2001	1,740	58.7%	+0.0 pp
2002	1,410	59.5%	+0.8 pp
2003	1,430	58.7%	+0.0 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 · 2005–2025

Questions

Which Cougar years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Gilera Cougar falls more than two points under the model's 58.7% overall pass rate.
Which Cougar year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2002, at 59.5% of 1,410 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Cougar pass rate vary by year?: 1.9 percentage points between the highest (2002, 59.5%) and lowest (2000, 57.6%) 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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