Honda Bali: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Bali years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 77.5% average, from 685 DVSA tests.

1994

highest-passing year · 79.6%

1995

lowest-passing year · 77.7%

1.9pp

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: 1994 (79.6% of 103 tests). Lowest: 1995 (77.7% of 175).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (77.5%)
1994	103	79.6%	+2.1 pp
1995	175	77.7%	+0.2 pp
1996	277	78.7%	+1.2 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 · 2006–2015

Questions

Which Bali years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda Bali falls more than two points under the model's 77.5% overall pass rate.
Which Bali year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1994, at 79.6% of 103 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Bali pass rate vary by year?: 1.9 percentage points between the highest (1994, 79.6%) and lowest (1995, 77.7%) 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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