Piaggio Vespa GT 200: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Vespa GT 200 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 83.1% average, from 3,725 DVSA tests.

2005

highest-passing year · 84.3%

2003

lowest-passing year · 82.4%

1.9pp

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: 2005 (84.3% of 722 tests). Lowest: 2003 (82.4% of 1,329).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (83.1%)
2003	1,329	82.4%	-0.7 pp
2004	1,384	83.1%	+0.0 pp
2005	722	84.3%	+1.2 pp
2006	176	83.0%	-0.1 pp
2007	114	83.3%	+0.2 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 200 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Piaggio Vespa GT 200 falls more than two points under the model's 83.1% overall pass rate.
Which Vespa GT 200 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2005, at 84.3% of 722 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Vespa GT 200 pass rate vary by year?: 1.9 percentage points between the highest (2005, 84.3%) and lowest (2003, 82.4%) 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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