Piaggio New Skipper: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which New Skipper years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 68.2% average, from 941 DVSA tests.

2004

highest-passing year · 73.8%

2001

lowest-passing year · 62.1%

11.7pp

spread across 6 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: 2004 (73.8% of 256 tests). Lowest: 2001 (62.1% of 169). Years more than two points below the model average: 2001, 2002.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (68.2%)
1999	58	70.7%	+2.5 pp
2000	98	66.3%	-1.9 pp
2001	169	62.1%	-6.1 pp
2002	117	65.8%	-2.4 pp
2003	204	67.2%	-1.0 pp
2004	256	73.8%	+5.6 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 · 2005–2012

Questions

Which New Skipper years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2001, 2002 registered examples pass first time less often than the Piaggio New Skipper overall (68.2%); the 2001 cohort is lowest at 62.1% from 169 tests.
Which New Skipper year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2004, at 73.8% of 256 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1999, 2004.
How much does the New Skipper pass rate vary by year?: 11.7 percentage points between the highest (2004, 73.8%) and lowest (2001, 62.1%) 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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