MZ Saxon: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Saxon years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.7% average, from 601 DVSA tests.

1996

highest-passing year · 86.3%

1995

lowest-passing year · 83.2%

3.1pp

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: 1996 (86.3% of 80 tests). Lowest: 1995 (83.2% of 143).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (84.7%)
1993	76	85.5%	+0.8 pp
1994	230	85.2%	+0.5 pp
1995	143	83.2%	-1.5 pp
1996	80	86.3%	+1.6 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 · 2006–2015

Questions

Which Saxon years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the MZ Saxon falls more than two points under the model's 84.7% overall pass rate.
Which Saxon year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1996, at 86.3% of 80 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Saxon pass rate vary by year?: 3.1 percentage points between the highest (1996, 86.3%) and lowest (1995, 83.2%) 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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