BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Lambretta GP200: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which GP200 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.8% average, from 19,922 DVSA tests.

1966
highest-passing year · 94.6%
1994
lowest-passing year · 78.4%
16.2pp
spread across 45 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: 1966 (94.6% of 203 tests). Lowest: 1994 (78.4% of 97). Years more than two points below the model average: 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000.

75%87%98%1962: 92.7% pass (55 tests)1963: 84.0% pass (50 tests)1964: 86.6% pass (119 tests)1965: 89.4% pass (94 tests)1966: 94.6% pass (203 tests)1967: 92.4% pass (145 tests)1968: 87.9% pass (149 tests)1969: 89.7% pass (1,677 tests)1970: 90.3% pass (2,486 tests)1971: 89.7% pass (2,228 tests)1972: 89.4% pass (151 tests)1974: 94.5% pass (55 tests)1975: 86.3% pass (219 tests)1976: 86.5% pass (362 tests)1977: 87.5% pass (281 tests)1978: 84.5% pass (734 tests)1979: 87.0% pass (1,388 tests)1980: 84.1% pass (1,449 tests)1981: 86.7% pass (1,986 tests)1982: 84.4% pass (693 tests)1983: 84.9% pass (575 tests)1984: 89.5% pass (560 tests)1985: 86.7% pass (1,038 tests)1986: 84.0% pass (293 tests)1987: 85.1% pass (141 tests)1988: 81.3% pass (203 tests)1989: 87.5% pass (128 tests)1990: 80.8% pass (73 tests)1991: 92.0% pass (188 tests)1992: 84.5% pass (129 tests)1993: 84.5% pass (58 tests)1994: 78.4% pass (97 tests)1995: 92.2% pass (102 tests)1996: 93.1% pass (87 tests)1997: 85.6% pass (382 tests)1998: 90.2% pass (174 tests)1999: 83.6% pass (61 tests)2000: 84.8% pass (66 tests)2004: 93.1% pass (58 tests)2005: 91.7% pass (109 tests)2006: 93.7% pass (159 tests)2007: 90.2% pass (122 tests)2008: 88.6% pass (132 tests)2009: 93.7% pass (63 tests)2013: 92.7% pass (55 tests)196219852013
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (87.8%)
1962 55 92.7% +4.9 pp
1963 50 84.0% -3.8 pp
1964 119 86.6% -1.2 pp
1965 94 89.4% +1.6 pp
1966 203 94.6% +6.8 pp
1967 145 92.4% +4.6 pp
1968 149 87.9% +0.1 pp
1969 1,677 89.7% +1.9 pp
1970 2,486 90.3% +2.5 pp
1971 2,228 89.7% +1.9 pp
1972 151 89.4% +1.6 pp
1974 55 94.5% +6.7 pp
1975 219 86.3% -1.5 pp
1976 362 86.5% -1.3 pp
1977 281 87.5% -0.3 pp
1978 734 84.5% -3.3 pp
1979 1,388 87.0% -0.8 pp
1980 1,449 84.1% -3.7 pp
1981 1,986 86.7% -1.1 pp
1982 693 84.4% -3.4 pp
1983 575 84.9% -2.9 pp
1984 560 89.5% +1.7 pp
1985 1,038 86.7% -1.1 pp
1986 293 84.0% -3.8 pp
1987 141 85.1% -2.7 pp
1988 203 81.3% -6.5 pp
1989 128 87.5% -0.3 pp
1990 73 80.8% -7.0 pp
1991 188 92.0% +4.2 pp
1992 129 84.5% -3.3 pp
1993 58 84.5% -3.3 pp
1994 97 78.4% -9.4 pp
1995 102 92.2% +4.4 pp
1996 87 93.1% +5.3 pp
1997 382 85.6% -2.2 pp
1998 174 90.2% +2.4 pp
1999 61 83.6% -4.2 pp
2000 66 84.8% -3.0 pp
2004 58 93.1% +5.3 pp
2005 109 91.7% +3.9 pp
2006 159 93.7% +5.9 pp
2007 122 90.2% +2.4 pp
2008 132 88.6% +0.8 pp
2009 63 93.7% +5.9 pp
2013 55 92.7% +4.9 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 · 2005–2025
82%89%95%2005: 86.9% pass (168 tests)2006: 87.0% pass (1,083 tests)2007: 85.5% pass (1,206 tests)2008: 85.7% pass (1,346 tests)2009: 84.3% pass (1,417 tests)2010: 87.2% pass (1,417 tests)2011: 84.4% pass (1,443 tests)2012: 87.0% pass (1,419 tests)2013: 87.5% pass (1,455 tests)2014: 87.7% pass (1,461 tests)2015: 88.6% pass (1,423 tests)2016: 88.2% pass (1,366 tests)2017: 91.0% pass (1,338 tests)2018: 91.7% pass (767 tests)2019: 90.2% pass (614 tests)2020: 90.9% pass (419 tests)2021: 93.2% pass (459 tests)2022: 90.5% pass (380 tests)2023: 91.9% pass (297 tests)2024: 91.9% pass (234 tests)2025: 92.9% pass (210 tests)20052025

Questions

Which GP200 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000 registered examples pass first time less often than the Lambretta GP200 overall (87.8%); the 1994 cohort is lowest at 78.4% from 97 tests.
Which GP200 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1966, at 94.6% of 203 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1962, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013.
How much does the GP200 pass rate vary by year?
16.2 percentage points between the highest (1966, 94.6%) and lowest (1994, 78.4%) 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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