Kymco Spacer: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Spacer years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 74.0% average, from 1,243 DVSA tests.

1999

highest-passing year · 78.1%

2002

lowest-passing year · 69.8%

8.3pp

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: 1999 (78.1% of 288 tests). Lowest: 2002 (69.8% of 179). Years more than two points below the model average: 2002.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (74.0%)
1999	288	78.1%	+4.1 pp
2000	418	72.0%	-2.0 pp
2001	205	73.7%	-0.3 pp
2002	179	69.8%	-4.2 pp
2003	141	76.6%	+2.6 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 · 2005–2017

Questions

Which Spacer years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2002 registered examples pass first time less often than the Kymco Spacer overall (74.0%); the 2002 cohort is lowest at 69.8% from 179 tests.
Which Spacer year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1999, at 78.1% of 288 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1999, 2003.
How much does the Spacer pass rate vary by year?: 8.3 percentage points between the highest (1999, 78.1%) and lowest (2002, 69.8%) 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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