Piaggio Sfera 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Sfera 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 76.7% average, from 784 DVSA tests.

1996

highest-passing year · 81.9%

1997

lowest-passing year · 73.0%

8.9pp

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: 1996 (81.9% of 276 tests). Lowest: 1997 (73.0% of 330). Years more than two points below the model average: 1997.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (76.7%)
1996	276	81.9%	+5.2 pp
1997	330	73.0%	-3.7 pp
1998	134	75.4%	-1.3 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 · 2005–2013

Questions

Which Sfera 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1997 registered examples pass first time less often than the Piaggio Sfera 125 overall (76.7%); the 1997 cohort is lowest at 73.0% from 330 tests.
Which Sfera 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1996, at 81.9% of 276 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Sfera 125 pass rate vary by year?: 8.9 percentage points between the highest (1996, 81.9%) and lowest (1997, 73.0%) 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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