Lexmoto Tornado 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Tornado 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 60.9% average, from 565 DVSA tests.

2013

highest-passing year · 68.3%

2012

lowest-passing year · 55.7%

12.6pp

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: 2013 (68.3% of 186 tests). Lowest: 2012 (55.7% of 237). Years more than two points below the model average: 2011, 2012.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (60.9%)
2011	124	58.1%	-2.8 pp
2012	237	55.7%	-5.2 pp
2013	186	68.3%	+7.4 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 · 2014–2018

Questions

Which Tornado 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2011, 2012 registered examples pass first time less often than the Lexmoto Tornado 125 overall (60.9%); the 2012 cohort is lowest at 55.7% from 237 tests.
Which Tornado 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2013, at 68.3% of 186 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Tornado 125 pass rate vary by year?: 12.6 percentage points between the highest (2013, 68.3%) and lowest (2012, 55.7%) 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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