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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Piaggio Carnaby: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Carnaby years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 78.2% average, from 1,038 DVSA tests.

2009
highest-passing year · 79.9%
2008
lowest-passing year · 74.9%
5.0pp
spread across 3 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: 2009 (79.9% of 244 tests). Lowest: 2008 (74.9% of 362). Years more than two points below the model average: 2008.

74%77%81%2007: 78.2% pass (363 tests)2008: 74.9% pass (362 tests)2009: 79.9% pass (244 tests)200720082009
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (78.2%)
2007 363 78.2% +0.0 pp
2008 362 74.9% -3.3 pp
2009 244 79.9% +1.7 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 · 2010–2022
61%80%99%2010: 92.5% pass (40 tests)2011: 79.1% pass (86 tests)2012: 85.8% pass (120 tests)2013: 77.6% pass (125 tests)2014: 73.6% pass (125 tests)2015: 85.8% pass (113 tests)2016: 78.1% pass (96 tests)2017: 79.7% pass (79 tests)2018: 79.3% pass (58 tests)2019: 67.3% pass (49 tests)2022: 67.6% pass (34 tests)20102022

Questions

Which Carnaby years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2008 registered examples pass first time less often than the Piaggio Carnaby overall (78.2%); the 2008 cohort is lowest at 74.9% from 362 tests.
Which Carnaby year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2009, at 79.9% of 244 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Carnaby pass rate vary by year?
5.0 percentage points between the highest (2009, 79.9%) and lowest (2008, 74.9%) 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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