Honda NTV600K: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which NTV600K years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 77.7% average, from 4,057 DVSA tests.

1993

highest-passing year · 79.6%

1988

lowest-passing year · 76.0%

3.6pp

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: 1993 (79.6% of 103 tests). Lowest: 1988 (76.0% of 75).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (77.7%)
1988	75	76.0%	-1.7 pp
1989	1,111	77.4%	-0.3 pp
1990	1,222	77.8%	+0.1 pp
1991	785	76.3%	-1.4 pp
1992	734	78.9%	+1.2 pp
1993	103	79.6%	+1.9 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 · 2005–2020

Questions

Which NTV600K years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda NTV600K falls more than two points under the model's 77.7% overall pass rate.
Which NTV600K year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1993, at 79.6% of 103 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the NTV600K pass rate vary by year?: 3.6 percentage points between the highest (1993, 79.6%) and lowest (1988, 76.0%) 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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