Lexmoto Gladiator: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Gladiator years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 58.3% average, from 1,665 DVSA tests.

2012

highest-passing year · 63.1%

2013

lowest-passing year · 52.6%

10.5pp

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: 2012 (63.1% of 149 tests). Lowest: 2013 (52.6% of 274). Years more than two points below the model average: 2011, 2013.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (58.3%)
2011	70	54.3%	-4.0 pp
2012	149	63.1%	+4.8 pp
2013	274	52.6%	-5.7 pp
2014	871	59.0%	+0.7 pp
2015	266	60.5%	+2.2 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 · 2016–2025

Questions

Which Gladiator years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2011, 2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the Lexmoto Gladiator overall (58.3%); the 2013 cohort is lowest at 52.6% from 274 tests.
Which Gladiator year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2012, at 63.1% of 149 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2012, 2015.
How much does the Gladiator pass rate vary by year?: 10.5 percentage points between the highest (2012, 63.1%) and lowest (2013, 52.6%) 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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