Nsu Quickly: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Quickly years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 91.8% average, from 687 DVSA tests.

1962

highest-passing year · 94.5%

1963

lowest-passing year · 91.5%

3.0pp

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: 1962 (94.5% of 110 tests). Lowest: 1963 (91.5% of 142).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (91.8%)
1960	79	93.7%	+1.9 pp
1961	53	92.5%	+0.7 pp
1962	110	94.5%	+2.7 pp
1963	142	91.5%	-0.3 pp
1964	87	92.0%	+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 · 2006–2017

Questions

Which Quickly years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Nsu Quickly falls more than two points under the model's 91.8% overall pass rate.
Which Quickly year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1962, at 94.5% of 110 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Quickly pass rate vary by year?: 3.0 percentage points between the highest (1962, 94.5%) and lowest (1963, 91.5%) 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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