Piaggio MP3 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which MP3 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 76.1% average, from 1,750 DVSA tests.

2010

highest-passing year · 80.3%

2009

lowest-passing year · 74.4%

5.9pp

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: 2010 (80.3% of 137 tests). Lowest: 2009 (74.4% of 297).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (76.1%)
2006	64	78.1%	+2.0 pp
2007	806	75.6%	-0.5 pp
2008	433	76.4%	+0.3 pp
2009	297	74.4%	-1.7 pp
2010	137	80.3%	+4.2 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 · 2010–2023

Questions

Which MP3 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Piaggio MP3 125 falls more than two points under the model's 76.1% overall pass rate.
Which MP3 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2010, at 80.3% of 137 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the MP3 125 pass rate vary by year?: 5.9 percentage points between the highest (2010, 80.3%) and lowest (2009, 74.4%) 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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