Lexmoto Matador: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Matador years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 62.9% average, from 815 DVSA tests.

2018

highest-passing year · 68.9%

2015

lowest-passing year · 57.8%

11.1pp

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: 2018 (68.9% of 206 tests). Lowest: 2015 (57.8% of 225). Years more than two points below the model average: 2015.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (62.9%)
2015	225	57.8%	-5.1 pp
2016	323	61.0%	-1.9 pp
2018	206	68.9%	+6.0 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 · 2018–2025

Questions

Which Matador years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2015 registered examples pass first time less often than the Lexmoto Matador overall (62.9%); the 2015 cohort is lowest at 57.8% from 225 tests.
Which Matador year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2018, at 68.9% of 206 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Matador pass rate vary by year?: 11.1 percentage points between the highest (2018, 68.9%) and lowest (2015, 57.8%) 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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