Kymco Venox: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Venox years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 76.7% average, from 550 DVSA tests.

2004

highest-passing year · 84.3%

2003

lowest-passing year · 71.6%

12.7pp

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 (84.3% of 102 tests). Lowest: 2003 (71.6% of 204). Years more than two points below the model average: 2003, 2005.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (76.7%)
2003	204	71.6%	-5.1 pp
2004	102	84.3%	+7.6 pp
2005	92	73.9%	-2.8 pp
2006	56	78.6%	+1.9 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 · 2007–2016

Questions

Which Venox years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2003, 2005 registered examples pass first time less often than the Kymco Venox overall (76.7%); the 2003 cohort is lowest at 71.6% from 204 tests.
Which Venox year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2004, at 84.3% of 102 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Venox pass rate vary by year?: 12.7 percentage points between the highest (2004, 84.3%) and lowest (2003, 71.6%) 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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