Hyosung GT650: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which GT650 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 71.9% average, from 739 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 77.1%

2006

lowest-passing year · 64.7%

12.4pp

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: 2009 (77.1% of 105 tests). Lowest: 2006 (64.7% of 119). Years more than two points below the model average: 2006, 2007.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (71.9%)
2006	119	64.7%	-7.2 pp
2007	146	67.1%	-4.8 pp
2008	209	75.6%	+3.7 pp
2009	105	77.1%	+5.2 pp
2010	54	70.4%	-1.5 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 · 2010–2023

Questions

Which GT650 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2006, 2007 registered examples pass first time less often than the Hyosung GT650 overall (71.9%); the 2006 cohort is lowest at 64.7% from 119 tests.
Which GT650 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 77.1% of 105 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2008, 2009.
How much does the GT650 pass rate vary by year?: 12.4 percentage points between the highest (2009, 77.1%) and lowest (2006, 64.7%) 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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