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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

KTM EXC200: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which EXC200 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 75.3% average, from 733 DVSA tests.

2001
highest-passing year · 80.0%
1999
lowest-passing year · 58.3%
21.7pp
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: 2001 (80.0% of 85 tests). Lowest: 1999 (58.3% of 60). Years more than two points below the model average: 1999, 2000.

54%69%84%1999: 58.3% pass (60 tests)2000: 70.1% pass (87 tests)2001: 80.0% pass (85 tests)2002: 78.1% pass (160 tests)2003: 73.7% pass (114 tests)2004: 78.2% pass (87 tests)199920022004
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (75.3%)
1999 60 58.3% -17.0 pp
2000 87 70.1% -5.2 pp
2001 85 80.0% +4.7 pp
2002 160 78.1% +2.8 pp
2003 114 73.7% -1.6 pp
2004 87 78.2% +2.9 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 · 2006–2017
54%76%98%2006: 75.0% pass (52 tests)2007: 64.6% pass (48 tests)2008: 61.2% pass (49 tests)2009: 74.0% pass (50 tests)2010: 77.4% pass (53 tests)2011: 81.0% pass (58 tests)2012: 76.9% pass (52 tests)2013: 70.5% pass (61 tests)2014: 77.1% pass (48 tests)2015: 90.9% pass (55 tests)2016: 75.7% pass (37 tests)2017: 65.6% pass (32 tests)20062017

Questions

Which EXC200 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1999, 2000 registered examples pass first time less often than the KTM EXC200 overall (75.3%); the 1999 cohort is lowest at 58.3% from 60 tests.
Which EXC200 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2001, at 80.0% of 85 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2001, 2002, 2004.
How much does the EXC200 pass rate vary by year?
21.7 percentage points between the highest (2001, 80.0%) and lowest (1999, 58.3%) 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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