Kymco Movie: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Movie years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 72.6% average, from 592 DVSA tests.

2004

highest-passing year · 74.7%

2005

lowest-passing year · 70.9%

3.8pp

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: 2004 (74.7% of 198 tests). Lowest: 2005 (70.9% of 86).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (72.6%)
2002	145	74.5%	+1.9 pp
2003	139	74.1%	+1.5 pp
2004	198	74.7%	+2.1 pp
2005	86	70.9%	-1.7 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 · 2006–2015

Questions

Which Movie years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kymco Movie falls more than two points under the model's 72.6% overall pass rate.
Which Movie year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2004, at 74.7% of 198 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Movie pass rate vary by year?: 3.8 percentage points between the highest (2004, 74.7%) and lowest (2005, 70.9%) 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.

Full report: Kymco Movie reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #4533 of 5428 models· other Kymco models: Agility, Zing, Super 9, Pulsar, ZX, CK