Honda NTV600J: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which NTV600J years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 74.8% average, from 1,001 DVSA tests.

1989

highest-passing year · 76.5%

1988

lowest-passing year · 74.9%

1.6pp

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: 1989 (76.5% of 468 tests). Lowest: 1988 (74.9% of 287).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (74.8%)
1988	287	74.9%	+0.1 pp
1989	468	76.5%	+1.7 pp
1990	73	75.3%	+0.5 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 · 2005–2019

Questions

Which NTV600J years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda NTV600J falls more than two points under the model's 74.8% overall pass rate.
Which NTV600J year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1989, at 76.5% of 468 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the NTV600J pass rate vary by year?: 1.6 percentage points between the highest (1989, 76.5%) and lowest (1988, 74.9%) 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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