Kymco Vivio: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Vivio years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 74.6% average, from 693 DVSA tests.

2001

highest-passing year · 76.5%

2000

lowest-passing year · 71.4%

5.1pp

spread across 3 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: 2001 (76.5% of 357 tests). Lowest: 2000 (71.4% of 154). Years more than two points below the model average: 2000.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (74.6%)
2000	154	71.4%	-3.2 pp
2001	357	76.5%	+1.9 pp
2002	163	73.0%	-1.6 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 · 2006–2014

Questions

Which Vivio years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2000 registered examples pass first time less often than the Kymco Vivio overall (74.6%); the 2000 cohort is lowest at 71.4% from 154 tests.
Which Vivio year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2001, at 76.5% of 357 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Vivio pass rate vary by year?: 5.1 percentage points between the highest (2001, 76.5%) and lowest (2000, 71.4%) 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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