Moto Roma MRX 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which MRX 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 53.2% average, from 600 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 61.3%

2006

lowest-passing year · 41.5%

19.8pp

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: 2003 (61.3% of 168 tests). Lowest: 2006 (41.5% of 53). Years more than two points below the model average: 2005, 2006.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (53.2%)
2002	133	58.6%	+5.4 pp
2003	168	61.3%	+8.1 pp
2004	72	52.8%	-0.4 pp
2005	145	43.4%	-9.8 pp
2006	53	41.5%	-11.7 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 · 2006–2012

Questions

Which MRX 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2005, 2006 registered examples pass first time less often than the Moto Roma MRX 125 overall (53.2%); the 2006 cohort is lowest at 41.5% from 53 tests.
Which MRX 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 61.3% of 168 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2002, 2003.
How much does the MRX 125 pass rate vary by year?: 19.8 percentage points between the highest (2003, 61.3%) and lowest (2006, 41.5%) 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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