Piaggio Velofax: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Velofax years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 81.1% average, from 530 DVSA tests.

1998

highest-passing year · 82.9%

1997

lowest-passing year · 79.1%

3.8pp

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: 1998 (82.9% of 140 tests). Lowest: 1997 (79.1% of 211).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (81.1%)
1996	126	80.2%	-0.9 pp
1997	211	79.1%	-2.0 pp
1998	140	82.9%	+1.8 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 · 2006–2011

Questions

Which Velofax years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Piaggio Velofax falls more than two points under the model's 81.1% overall pass rate.
Which Velofax year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1998, at 82.9% of 140 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Velofax pass rate vary by year?: 3.8 percentage points between the highest (1998, 82.9%) and lowest (1997, 79.1%) 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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