Lexmoto Arrow: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Arrow years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 58.0% average, from 1,547 DVSA tests.

2014

highest-passing year · 59.3%

2012

lowest-passing year · 45.5%

13.8pp

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: 2014 (59.3% of 730 tests). Lowest: 2012 (45.5% of 88). Years more than two points below the model average: 2012, 2016.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (58.0%)
2012	88	45.5%	-12.5 pp
2013	171	57.9%	-0.1 pp
2014	730	59.3%	+1.3 pp
2015	424	59.2%	+1.2 pp
2016	97	54.6%	-3.4 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 · 2017–2025

Questions

Which Arrow years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2012, 2016 registered examples pass first time less often than the Lexmoto Arrow overall (58.0%); the 2012 cohort is lowest at 45.5% from 88 tests.
Which Arrow year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2014, at 59.3% of 730 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Arrow pass rate vary by year?: 13.8 percentage points between the highest (2014, 59.3%) and lowest (2012, 45.5%) 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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