Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which V7 Cafe years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.6% average, from 560 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 88.7%

2011

lowest-passing year · 84.8%

3.9pp

spread across 4 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: 2009 (88.7% of 159 tests). Lowest: 2011 (84.8% of 125).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (86.6%)
2009	159	88.7%	+2.1 pp
2010	197	85.3%	-1.3 pp
2011	125	84.8%	-1.8 pp
2012	69	88.4%	+1.8 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 · 2013–2023

Questions

Which V7 Cafe years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Moto Guzzi V7 Cafe falls more than two points under the model's 86.6% overall pass rate.
Which V7 Cafe year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 88.7% of 159 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the V7 Cafe pass rate vary by year?: 3.9 percentage points between the highest (2009, 88.7%) and lowest (2011, 84.8%) 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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