Piaggio Vespa GTS 125 Super Ie: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Vespa GTS 125 Super Ie years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.6% average, from 2,098 DVSA tests.

2012

highest-passing year · 89.5%

2009

lowest-passing year · 83.6%

5.9pp

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: 2012 (89.5% of 370 tests). Lowest: 2009 (83.6% of 342).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (85.6%)
2009	342	83.6%	-2.0 pp
2010	731	84.4%	-1.2 pp
2011	645	85.9%	+0.3 pp
2012	370	89.5%	+3.9 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 · 2012–2025

Questions

Which Vespa GTS 125 Super Ie years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Piaggio Vespa GTS 125 Super Ie falls more than two points under the model's 85.6% overall pass rate.
Which Vespa GTS 125 Super Ie year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2012, at 89.5% of 370 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Vespa GTS 125 Super Ie pass rate vary by year?: 5.9 percentage points between the highest (2012, 89.5%) and lowest (2009, 83.6%) 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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