Honda Anc: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Anc years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 82.1% average, from 9,621 DVSA tests.

2019

highest-passing year · 84.8%

2015

lowest-passing year · 80.5%

4.3pp

spread across 6 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: 2019 (84.8% of 552 tests). Lowest: 2015 (80.5% of 2,225).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (82.1%)
2014	2,727	81.7%	-0.4 pp
2015	2,225	80.5%	-1.6 pp
2016	1,394	83.3%	+1.2 pp
2017	1,446	83.7%	+1.6 pp
2018	1,227	81.2%	-0.9 pp
2019	552	84.8%	+2.7 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 · 2017–2025

Questions

Which Anc years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda Anc falls more than two points under the model's 82.1% overall pass rate.
Which Anc year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2019, at 84.8% of 552 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Anc pass rate vary by year?: 4.3 percentage points between the highest (2019, 84.8%) and lowest (2015, 80.5%) 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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