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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Gilera GSM: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which GSM years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 53.7% average, from 793 DVSA tests.

2001
highest-passing year · 57.5%
2003
lowest-passing year · 50.7%
6.8pp
spread across 3 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 (57.5% of 200 tests). Lowest: 2003 (50.7% of 383). Years more than two points below the model average: 2003.

49%54%59%2000: 53.9% pass (154 tests)2001: 57.5% pass (200 tests)2003: 50.7% pass (383 tests)200020012003
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (53.7%)
2000 154 53.9% +0.2 pp
2001 200 57.5% +3.8 pp
2003 383 50.7% -3.0 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 · 2006–2013
37%51%65%2006: 60.3% pass (156 tests)2007: 54.0% pass (126 tests)2008: 53.6% pass (84 tests)2009: 45.3% pass (75 tests)2010: 41.7% pass (60 tests)2011: 49.2% pass (61 tests)2012: 54.7% pass (53 tests)2013: 48.7% pass (39 tests)20062013

Questions

Which GSM years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2003 registered examples pass first time less often than the Gilera GSM overall (53.7%); the 2003 cohort is lowest at 50.7% from 383 tests.
Which GSM year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2001, at 57.5% of 200 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the GSM pass rate vary by year?
6.8 percentage points between the highest (2001, 57.5%) and lowest (2003, 50.7%) 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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