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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Piaggio Hexagon: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Hexagon years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 76.3% average, from 5,085 DVSA tests.

2003
highest-passing year · 82.8%
1994
lowest-passing year · 69.8%
13.0pp
spread across 10 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: 2003 (82.8% of 344 tests). Lowest: 1994 (69.8% of 63). Years more than two points below the model average: 1994, 1995.

67%76%85%1994: 69.8% pass (63 tests)1995: 70.0% pass (280 tests)1996: 75.6% pass (504 tests)1997: 76.7% pass (348 tests)1998: 74.5% pass (748 tests)1999: 79.4% pass (811 tests)2000: 75.4% pass (877 tests)2001: 75.7% pass (801 tests)2002: 76.6% pass (269 tests)2003: 82.8% pass (344 tests)199419992003
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (76.3%)
1994 63 69.8% -6.5 pp
1995 280 70.0% -6.3 pp
1996 504 75.6% -0.7 pp
1997 348 76.7% +0.4 pp
1998 748 74.5% -1.8 pp
1999 811 79.4% +3.1 pp
2000 877 75.4% -0.9 pp
2001 801 75.7% -0.6 pp
2002 269 76.6% +0.3 pp
2003 344 82.8% +6.5 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
68%80%93%2005: 80.6% pass (165 tests)2006: 78.3% pass (760 tests)2007: 76.8% pass (647 tests)2008: 74.9% pass (550 tests)2009: 72.6% pass (489 tests)2010: 72.2% pass (418 tests)2011: 77.1% pass (353 tests)2012: 74.5% pass (325 tests)2013: 72.8% pass (265 tests)2014: 72.2% pass (209 tests)2015: 77.5% pass (182 tests)2016: 76.7% pass (159 tests)2017: 80.0% pass (125 tests)2018: 83.1% pass (77 tests)2019: 81.9% pass (72 tests)2020: 87.8% pass (49 tests)2021: 82.4% pass (68 tests)2022: 77.2% pass (57 tests)2023: 77.8% pass (45 tests)2024: 88.6% pass (35 tests)2025: 88.6% pass (35 tests)20052025

Questions

Which Hexagon years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1994, 1995 registered examples pass first time less often than the Piaggio Hexagon overall (76.3%); the 1994 cohort is lowest at 69.8% from 63 tests.
Which Hexagon year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2003, at 82.8% of 344 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1999, 2003.
How much does the Hexagon pass rate vary by year?
13.0 percentage points between the highest (2003, 82.8%) and lowest (1994, 69.8%) 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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