Moto Guzzi Nevada: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Nevada years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.2% average, from 861 DVSA tests.

2005

highest-passing year · 89.4%

1994

lowest-passing year · 73.5%

15.9pp

spread across 6 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: 2005 (89.4% of 94 tests). Lowest: 1994 (73.5% of 68). Years more than two points below the model average: 1994, 1996.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (86.2%)
1994	68	73.5%	-12.7 pp
1996	78	83.3%	-2.9 pp
2001	72	87.5%	+1.3 pp
2002	58	84.5%	-1.7 pp
2003	79	86.1%	-0.1 pp
2005	94	89.4%	+3.2 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 · 2006–2025

Questions

Which Nevada years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1994, 1996 registered examples pass first time less often than the Moto Guzzi Nevada overall (86.2%); the 1994 cohort is lowest at 73.5% from 68 tests.
Which Nevada year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2005, at 89.4% of 94 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Nevada pass rate vary by year?: 15.9 percentage points between the highest (2005, 89.4%) and lowest (1994, 73.5%) 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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