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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Kymco Agility City 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Agility City 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 77.7% average, from 543 DVSA tests.

2011
highest-passing year · 86.7%
2019
lowest-passing year · 73.6%
13.1pp
spread across 4 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 (86.7% of 90 tests). Lowest: 2019 (73.6% of 72). Years more than two points below the model average: 2019, 2020.

71%80%89%2011: 86.7% pass (90 tests)2012: 80.8% pass (125 tests)2019: 73.6% pass (72 tests)2020: 73.7% pass (114 tests)201120192020
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (77.7%)
2011 90 86.7% +9.0 pp
2012 125 80.8% +3.1 pp
2019 72 73.6% -4.1 pp
2020 114 73.7% -4.0 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 · 2014–2025
64%78%92%2014: 75.0% pass (36 tests)2015: 87.7% pass (57 tests)2016: 69.4% pass (49 tests)2017: 80.5% pass (41 tests)2022: 82.6% pass (46 tests)2023: 78.3% pass (69 tests)2024: 72.7% pass (66 tests)2025: 68.9% pass (61 tests)20142025

Questions

Which Agility City 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2019, 2020 registered examples pass first time less often than the Kymco Agility City 125 overall (77.7%); the 2019 cohort is lowest at 73.6% from 72 tests.
Which Agility City 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2011, at 86.7% of 90 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2011, 2012.
How much does the Agility City 125 pass rate vary by year?
13.1 percentage points between the highest (2011, 86.7%) and lowest (2019, 73.6%) 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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