Norton Comando: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Comando years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 92.6% average, from 1,012 DVSA tests.

1971

highest-passing year · 94.8%

1976

lowest-passing year · 87.4%

7.4pp

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: 1971 (94.8% of 366 tests). Lowest: 1976 (87.4% of 119). Years more than two points below the model average: 1973, 1976.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (92.6%)
1971	366	94.8%	+2.2 pp
1973	96	89.6%	-3.0 pp
1974	76	93.4%	+0.8 pp
1975	140	92.9%	+0.3 pp
1976	119	87.4%	-5.2 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 · 2006–2017

Questions

Which Comando years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1973, 1976 registered examples pass first time less often than the Norton Comando overall (92.6%); the 1976 cohort is lowest at 87.4% from 119 tests.
Which Comando year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1971, at 94.8% of 366 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Comando pass rate vary by year?: 7.4 percentage points between the highest (1971, 94.8%) and lowest (1976, 87.4%) 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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