Honda Express Ii: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Express Ii years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.6% average, from 686 DVSA tests.

1981

highest-passing year · 89.2%

1980

lowest-passing year · 75.9%

13.3pp

spread across 5 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: 1981 (89.2% of 74 tests). Lowest: 1980 (75.9% of 83). Years more than two points below the model average: 1980, 1985.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (79.6%)
1980	83	75.9%	-3.7 pp
1981	74	89.2%	+9.6 pp
1982	57	80.7%	+1.1 pp
1984	176	81.8%	+2.2 pp
1985	100	77.0%	-2.6 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 · 2006–2019

Questions

Which Express Ii years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1980, 1985 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda Express Ii overall (79.6%); the 1980 cohort is lowest at 75.9% from 83 tests.
Which Express Ii year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1981, at 89.2% of 74 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1981, 1984.
How much does the Express Ii pass rate vary by year?: 13.3 percentage points between the highest (1981, 89.2%) and lowest (1980, 75.9%) 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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