Piaggio Vespa GTS 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Vespa GTS 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 82.4% average, from 4,139 DVSA tests.

2011

highest-passing year · 83.9%

2007

lowest-passing year · 80.9%

3.0pp

spread across 6 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: 2011 (83.9% of 435 tests). Lowest: 2007 (80.9% of 1,086).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (82.4%)
2007	1,086	80.9%	-1.5 pp
2008	1,178	81.4%	-1.0 pp
2009	662	83.7%	+1.3 pp
2010	570	82.8%	+0.4 pp
2011	435	83.9%	+1.5 pp
2012	123	82.9%	+0.5 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 · 2010–2025

Questions

Which Vespa GTS 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Piaggio Vespa GTS 125 falls more than two points under the model's 82.4% overall pass rate.
Which Vespa GTS 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2011, at 83.9% of 435 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Vespa GTS 125 pass rate vary by year?: 3.0 percentage points between the highest (2011, 83.9%) and lowest (2007, 80.9%) 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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