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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Peugeot Vivacity 50: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Vivacity 50 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 67.3% average, from 3,659 DVSA tests.

2006
highest-passing year · 79.7%
2005
lowest-passing year · 63.7%
16.0pp
spread across 9 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: 2006 (79.7% of 69 tests). Lowest: 2005 (63.7% of 270). Years more than two points below the model average: 2002, 2005.

61%72%83%1999: 72.9% pass (255 tests)2000: 69.1% pass (450 tests)2001: 66.9% pass (680 tests)2002: 64.6% pass (706 tests)2003: 65.9% pass (776 tests)2004: 69.6% pass (280 tests)2005: 63.7% pass (270 tests)2006: 79.7% pass (69 tests)2007: 73.3% pass (131 tests)199920032007
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (67.3%)
1999 255 72.9% +5.6 pp
2000 450 69.1% +1.8 pp
2001 680 66.9% -0.4 pp
2002 706 64.6% -2.7 pp
2003 776 65.9% -1.4 pp
2004 280 69.6% +2.3 pp
2005 270 63.7% -3.6 pp
2006 69 79.7% +12.4 pp
2007 131 73.3% +6.0 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 · 2005–2019
59%70%82%2005: 76.1% pass (138 tests)2006: 70.7% pass (724 tests)2007: 66.7% pass (654 tests)2008: 63.2% pass (541 tests)2009: 65.6% pass (352 tests)2010: 65.1% pass (238 tests)2011: 64.7% pass (232 tests)2012: 62.4% pass (189 tests)2013: 69.0% pass (142 tests)2014: 67.5% pass (120 tests)2015: 72.6% pass (95 tests)2016: 68.2% pass (88 tests)2017: 71.6% pass (67 tests)2018: 65.1% pass (43 tests)2019: 77.8% pass (36 tests)20052019

Questions

Which Vivacity 50 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2002, 2005 registered examples pass first time less often than the Peugeot Vivacity 50 overall (67.3%); the 2005 cohort is lowest at 63.7% from 270 tests.
Which Vivacity 50 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2006, at 79.7% of 69 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007.
How much does the Vivacity 50 pass rate vary by year?
16.0 percentage points between the highest (2006, 79.7%) and lowest (2005, 63.7%) 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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