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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Kymco Like: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Like years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 83.8% average, from 736 DVSA tests.

2015
highest-passing year · 86.3%
2010
lowest-passing year · 74.5%
11.8pp
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: 2015 (86.3% of 160 tests). Lowest: 2010 (74.5% of 55). Years more than two points below the model average: 2010.

72%80%89%2010: 74.5% pass (55 tests)2011: 82.9% pass (82 tests)2014: 82.8% pass (174 tests)2015: 86.3% pass (160 tests)2016: 84.8% pass (92 tests)201020142016
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (83.8%)
2010 55 74.5% -9.3 pp
2011 82 82.9% -0.9 pp
2014 174 82.8% -1.0 pp
2015 160 86.3% +2.5 pp
2016 92 84.8% +1.0 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 · 2017–2025
78%84%90%2017: 81.3% pass (64 tests)2018: 83.3% pass (66 tests)2019: 81.8% pass (88 tests)2020: 84.6% pass (78 tests)2021: 86.6% pass (97 tests)2022: 80.0% pass (85 tests)2023: 86.6% pass (67 tests)2024: 87.8% pass (49 tests)2025: 88.2% pass (51 tests)20172025

Questions

Which Like years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2010 registered examples pass first time less often than the Kymco Like overall (83.8%); the 2010 cohort is lowest at 74.5% from 55 tests.
Which Like year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2015, at 86.3% of 160 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Like pass rate vary by year?
11.8 percentage points between the highest (2015, 86.3%) and lowest (2010, 74.5%) 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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