Piaggio MP3 400: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which MP3 400 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.1% average, from 796 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 89.1%

2008

lowest-passing year · 85.0%

4.1pp

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 (89.1% of 64 tests). Lowest: 2008 (85.0% of 481).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (86.1%)
2007	246	87.0%	+0.9 pp
2008	481	85.0%	-1.1 pp
2009	64	89.1%	+3.0 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 · 2011–2022

Questions

Which MP3 400 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Piaggio MP3 400 falls more than two points under the model's 86.1% overall pass rate.
Which MP3 400 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 89.1% of 64 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the MP3 400 pass rate vary by year?: 4.1 percentage points between the highest (2009, 89.1%) and lowest (2008, 85.0%) 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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