Piaggio Vespa GT 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Vespa GT 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 78.7% average, from 6,816 DVSA tests.

2006

highest-passing year · 80.8%

2004

lowest-passing year · 77.6%

3.2pp

spread across 5 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: 2006 (80.8% of 1,373 tests). Lowest: 2004 (77.6% of 2,171).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (78.7%)
2003	1,604	77.9%	-0.8 pp
2004	2,171	77.6%	-1.1 pp
2005	1,271	78.4%	-0.3 pp
2006	1,373	80.8%	+2.1 pp
2007	201	79.1%	+0.4 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 · 2006–2025

Questions

Which Vespa GT 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Piaggio Vespa GT 125 falls more than two points under the model's 78.7% overall pass rate.
Which Vespa GT 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2006, at 80.8% of 1,373 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Vespa GT 125 pass rate vary by year?: 3.2 percentage points between the highest (2006, 80.8%) and lowest (2004, 77.6%) 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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