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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

MV Agusta F4: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which F4 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.7% average, from 8,072 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 91.8%
1999
lowest-passing year · 81.9%
9.9pp
spread across 18 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: 2012 (91.8% of 184 tests). Lowest: 1999 (81.9% of 72). Years more than two points below the model average: 1999, 2001, 2002.

80%87%94%1999: 81.9% pass (72 tests)2000: 85.8% pass (1,451 tests)2001: 84.0% pass (1,000 tests)2002: 84.5% pass (509 tests)2003: 85.9% pass (220 tests)2004: 87.5% pass (513 tests)2005: 88.7% pass (266 tests)2006: 87.6% pass (894 tests)2007: 86.9% pass (840 tests)2008: 86.5% pass (347 tests)2009: 89.8% pass (334 tests)2010: 87.5% pass (526 tests)2011: 90.2% pass (205 tests)2012: 91.8% pass (184 tests)2013: 86.3% pass (241 tests)2014: 85.7% pass (133 tests)2015: 89.8% pass (137 tests)2016: 86.5% pass (126 tests)199920082016
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (86.7%)
1999 72 81.9% -4.8 pp
2000 1,451 85.8% -0.9 pp
2001 1,000 84.0% -2.7 pp
2002 509 84.5% -2.2 pp
2003 220 85.9% -0.8 pp
2004 513 87.5% +0.8 pp
2005 266 88.7% +2.0 pp
2006 894 87.6% +0.9 pp
2007 840 86.9% +0.2 pp
2008 347 86.5% -0.2 pp
2009 334 89.8% +3.1 pp
2010 526 87.5% +0.8 pp
2011 205 90.2% +3.5 pp
2012 184 91.8% +5.1 pp
2013 241 86.3% -0.4 pp
2014 133 85.7% -1.0 pp
2015 137 89.8% +3.1 pp
2016 126 86.5% -0.2 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 · 2005–2025
80%86%92%2005: 87.2% pass (39 tests)2006: 86.6% pass (291 tests)2007: 83.3% pass (317 tests)2008: 84.8% pass (322 tests)2009: 81.8% pass (395 tests)2010: 84.6% pass (461 tests)2011: 85.3% pass (449 tests)2012: 85.1% pass (456 tests)2013: 84.0% pass (519 tests)2014: 87.1% pass (512 tests)2015: 89.0% pass (519 tests)2016: 88.8% pass (509 tests)2017: 85.9% pass (503 tests)2018: 89.4% pass (388 tests)2019: 88.3% pass (376 tests)2020: 87.7% pass (316 tests)2021: 89.7% pass (417 tests)2022: 87.7% pass (375 tests)2023: 89.0% pass (382 tests)2024: 87.6% pass (259 tests)2025: 89.1% pass (267 tests)20052025

Questions

Which F4 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1999, 2001, 2002 registered examples pass first time less often than the MV Agusta F4 overall (86.7%); the 1999 cohort is lowest at 81.9% from 72 tests.
Which F4 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 91.8% of 184 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015.
How much does the F4 pass rate vary by year?
9.9 percentage points between the highest (2012, 91.8%) and lowest (1999, 81.9%) 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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