Moto Guzzi Spada: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Spada years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 81.1% average, from 729 DVSA tests.

1978

highest-passing year · 84.1%

1982

lowest-passing year · 73.9%

10.2pp

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: 1978 (84.1% of 88 tests). Lowest: 1982 (73.9% of 88). Years more than two points below the model average: 1981, 1982.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (81.1%)
1978	88	84.1%	+3.0 pp
1979	106	79.2%	-1.9 pp
1980	194	82.0%	+0.9 pp
1981	108	78.7%	-2.4 pp
1982	88	73.9%	-7.2 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 · 2006–2018

Questions

Which Spada years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1981, 1982 registered examples pass first time less often than the Moto Guzzi Spada overall (81.1%); the 1982 cohort is lowest at 73.9% from 88 tests.
Which Spada year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1978, at 84.1% of 88 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Spada pass rate vary by year?: 10.2 percentage points between the highest (1978, 84.1%) and lowest (1982, 73.9%) 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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