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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Peugeot Vivacity: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Vivacity years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 70.4% average, from 29,731 DVSA tests.

2010
highest-passing year · 74.8%
2011
lowest-passing year · 65.6%
9.2pp
spread across 17 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: 2010 (74.8% of 429 tests). Lowest: 2011 (65.6% of 765). Years more than two points below the model average: 1999, 2011, 2015.

64%70%77%1999: 68.0% pass (1,508 tests)2000: 72.9% pass (2,398 tests)2001: 70.8% pass (5,260 tests)2002: 70.4% pass (4,577 tests)2003: 68.5% pass (4,978 tests)2004: 68.5% pass (2,236 tests)2005: 73.4% pass (2,529 tests)2006: 70.0% pass (1,318 tests)2007: 71.2% pass (966 tests)2008: 70.6% pass (429 tests)2009: 72.6% pass (416 tests)2010: 74.8% pass (429 tests)2011: 65.6% pass (765 tests)2012: 71.3% pass (1,106 tests)2013: 70.6% pass (429 tests)2014: 69.2% pass (221 tests)2015: 68.1% pass (94 tests)199920072015
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (70.4%)
1999 1,508 68.0% -2.4 pp
2000 2,398 72.9% +2.5 pp
2001 5,260 70.8% +0.4 pp
2002 4,577 70.4% +0.0 pp
2003 4,978 68.5% -1.9 pp
2004 2,236 68.5% -1.9 pp
2005 2,529 73.4% +3.0 pp
2006 1,318 70.0% -0.4 pp
2007 966 71.2% +0.8 pp
2008 429 70.6% +0.2 pp
2009 416 72.6% +2.2 pp
2010 429 74.8% +4.4 pp
2011 765 65.6% -4.8 pp
2012 1,106 71.3% +0.9 pp
2013 429 70.6% +0.2 pp
2014 221 69.2% -1.2 pp
2015 94 68.1% -2.3 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
64%70%77%2005: 72.6% pass (581 tests)2006: 74.7% pass (3,026 tests)2007: 72.0% pass (2,895 tests)2008: 72.3% pass (2,855 tests)2009: 69.7% pass (2,800 tests)2010: 69.9% pass (2,612 tests)2011: 67.2% pass (2,413 tests)2012: 66.2% pass (2,063 tests)2013: 68.2% pass (1,702 tests)2014: 66.3% pass (1,503 tests)2015: 68.7% pass (1,384 tests)2016: 67.8% pass (1,246 tests)2017: 71.8% pass (1,001 tests)2018: 74.1% pass (644 tests)2019: 72.0% pass (554 tests)2020: 71.5% pass (554 tests)2021: 73.6% pass (561 tests)2022: 71.4% pass (483 tests)2023: 72.7% pass (373 tests)2024: 74.7% pass (257 tests)2025: 73.2% pass (224 tests)20052025

Questions

Which Vivacity years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1999, 2011, 2015 registered examples pass first time less often than the Peugeot Vivacity overall (70.4%); the 2011 cohort is lowest at 65.6% from 765 tests.
Which Vivacity year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2010, at 74.8% of 429 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010.
How much does the Vivacity pass rate vary by year?
9.2 percentage points between the highest (2010, 74.8%) and lowest (2011, 65.6%) 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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