Piaggio P200E: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which P200E years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 83.7% average, from 522 DVSA tests.

1996

highest-passing year · 90.2%

1997

lowest-passing year · 77.0%

13.2pp

spread across 4 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: 1996 (90.2% of 123 tests). Lowest: 1997 (77.0% of 61). Years more than two points below the model average: 1979, 1997.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (83.7%)
1979	52	80.8%	-2.9 pp
1981	58	89.7%	+6.0 pp
1996	123	90.2%	+6.5 pp
1997	61	77.0%	-6.7 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 · 2008–2014

Questions

Which P200E years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1979, 1997 registered examples pass first time less often than the Piaggio P200E overall (83.7%); the 1997 cohort is lowest at 77.0% from 61 tests.
Which P200E year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1996, at 90.2% of 123 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1981, 1996.
How much does the P200E pass rate vary by year?: 13.2 percentage points between the highest (1996, 90.2%) and lowest (1997, 77.0%) 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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