Hongdou 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 61.2% average, from 554 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 69.3%

2005

lowest-passing year · 50.8%

18.5pp

spread across 4 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 (69.3% of 205 tests). Lowest: 2005 (50.8% of 124). Years more than two points below the model average: 2005.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (61.2%)
2003	205	69.3%	+8.1 pp
2004	151	60.3%	-0.9 pp
2005	124	50.8%	-10.4 pp
2006	53	60.4%	-0.8 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 · 2006–2012

Questions

Which 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2005 registered examples pass first time less often than the Hongdou 125 overall (61.2%); the 2005 cohort is lowest at 50.8% from 124 tests.
Which 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 69.3% of 205 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the 125 pass rate vary by year?: 18.5 percentage points between the highest (2003, 69.3%) and lowest (2005, 50.8%) 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.

Full report: Hongdou 125 reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #5175 of 5428 models· other Hongdou models: CG125, GY 200, HD 125 GY