Italjet Torpedo: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Torpedo years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 73.0% average, from 525 DVSA tests.

2000

highest-passing year · 83.2%

2003

lowest-passing year · 66.0%

17.2pp

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: 2000 (83.2% of 95 tests). Lowest: 2003 (66.0% of 100). Years more than two points below the model average: 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (73.0%)
1999	53	67.9%	-5.1 pp
2000	95	83.2%	+10.2 pp
2002	102	68.6%	-4.4 pp
2003	100	66.0%	-7.0 pp
2004	93	69.9%	-3.1 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 Torpedo years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004 registered examples pass first time less often than the Italjet Torpedo overall (73.0%); the 2003 cohort is lowest at 66.0% from 100 tests.
Which Torpedo year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2000, at 83.2% of 95 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Torpedo pass rate vary by year?: 17.2 percentage points between the highest (2000, 83.2%) and lowest (2003, 66.0%) 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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