Kymco Yup: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Yup years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 73.0% average, from 756 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 75.9%

2002

lowest-passing year · 71.1%

4.8pp

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: 2003 (75.9% of 199 tests). Lowest: 2002 (71.1% of 211).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (73.0%)
2001	114	71.1%	-1.9 pp
2002	211	71.1%	-1.9 pp
2003	199	75.9%	+2.9 pp
2004	120	72.5%	-0.5 pp
2005	68	73.5%	+0.5 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 · 2006–2016

Questions

Which Yup years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kymco Yup falls more than two points under the model's 73.0% overall pass rate.
Which Yup year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 75.9% of 199 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Yup pass rate vary by year?: 4.8 percentage points between the highest (2003, 75.9%) and lowest (2002, 71.1%) 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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