Kawasaki ZG 1400 A8F: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZG 1400 A8F years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.4% average, from 3,170 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 89.8%

2007

lowest-passing year · 88.9%

0.9pp

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: 2009 (89.8% of 420 tests). Lowest: 2007 (88.9% of 1,095).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.4%)
2007	1,095	88.9%	-0.5 pp
2008	1,618	89.6%	+0.2 pp
2009	420	89.8%	+0.4 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 · 2010–2025

Questions

Which ZG 1400 A8F years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki ZG 1400 A8F falls more than two points under the model's 89.4% overall pass rate.
Which ZG 1400 A8F year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 89.8% of 420 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ZG 1400 A8F pass rate vary by year?: 0.9 percentage points between the highest (2009, 89.8%) and lowest (2007, 88.9%) 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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