Motor Hispania RX50: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which RX50 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 51.0% average, from 716 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 60.8%

2004

lowest-passing year · 44.5%

16.3pp

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 (60.8% of 158 tests). Lowest: 2004 (44.5% of 146). Years more than two points below the model average: 2004, 2005.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (51.0%)
2001	111	51.4%	+0.4 pp
2002	151	49.7%	-1.3 pp
2003	158	60.8%	+9.8 pp
2004	146	44.5%	-6.5 pp
2005	71	45.1%	-5.9 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 · 2006–2014

Questions

Which RX50 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2004, 2005 registered examples pass first time less often than the Motor Hispania RX50 overall (51.0%); the 2004 cohort is lowest at 44.5% from 146 tests.
Which RX50 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 60.8% of 158 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the RX50 pass rate vary by year?: 16.3 percentage points between the highest (2003, 60.8%) and lowest (2004, 44.5%) 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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