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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda Deauville: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Deauville years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.5% average, from 1,039 DVSA tests.

2003
highest-passing year · 92.7%
1999
lowest-passing year · 65.1%
27.6pp
spread across 9 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: 2003 (92.7% of 55 tests). Lowest: 1999 (65.1% of 83). Years more than two points below the model average: 1999, 2006.

60%79%98%1999: 65.1% pass (83 tests)2000: 83.5% pass (103 tests)2001: 88.6% pass (79 tests)2002: 82.6% pass (138 tests)2003: 92.7% pass (55 tests)2006: 77.3% pass (66 tests)2007: 87.0% pass (138 tests)2008: 89.9% pass (149 tests)2009: 87.3% pass (110 tests)199920032009
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (84.5%)
1999 83 65.1% -19.4 pp
2000 103 83.5% -1.0 pp
2001 79 88.6% +4.1 pp
2002 138 82.6% -1.9 pp
2003 55 92.7% +8.2 pp
2006 66 77.3% -7.2 pp
2007 138 87.0% +2.5 pp
2008 149 89.9% +5.4 pp
2009 110 87.3% +2.8 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 · 2006–2025
76%87%98%2006: 83.3% pass (36 tests)2007: 86.5% pass (37 tests)2008: 89.5% pass (38 tests)2009: 85.4% pass (41 tests)2010: 82.0% pass (50 tests)2011: 84.6% pass (65 tests)2012: 82.7% pass (75 tests)2013: 83.1% pass (77 tests)2014: 82.1% pass (78 tests)2015: 85.3% pass (68 tests)2016: 87.0% pass (69 tests)2017: 88.5% pass (61 tests)2018: 89.6% pass (48 tests)2019: 81.6% pass (49 tests)2020: 80.0% pass (40 tests)2021: 86.0% pass (43 tests)2022: 79.5% pass (44 tests)2023: 79.6% pass (49 tests)2025: 94.1% pass (34 tests)20062025

Questions

Which Deauville years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1999, 2006 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda Deauville overall (84.5%); the 1999 cohort is lowest at 65.1% from 83 tests.
Which Deauville year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2003, at 92.7% of 55 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009.
How much does the Deauville pass rate vary by year?
27.6 percentage points between the highest (2003, 92.7%) and lowest (1999, 65.1%) 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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