KTM RC8: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which RC8 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.7% average, from 1,604 DVSA tests.

2011

highest-passing year · 87.6%

2008

lowest-passing year · 83.1%

4.5pp

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: 2011 (87.6% of 218 tests). Lowest: 2008 (83.1% of 562).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (84.7%)
2008	562	83.1%	-1.6 pp
2009	213	84.0%	-0.7 pp
2010	385	85.2%	+0.5 pp
2011	218	87.6%	+2.9 pp
2012	222	85.6%	+0.9 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 · 2011–2025

Questions

Which RC8 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the KTM RC8 falls more than two points under the model's 84.7% overall pass rate.
Which RC8 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2011, at 87.6% of 218 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the RC8 pass rate vary by year?: 4.5 percentage points between the highest (2011, 87.6%) and lowest (2008, 83.1%) 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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