Piaggio Vespa GTS 300 Super: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Vespa GTS 300 Super years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.4% average, from 10,221 DVSA tests.

2013

highest-passing year · 94.6%

2008

lowest-passing year · 87.4%

7.2pp

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: 2013 (94.6% of 56 tests). Lowest: 2008 (87.4% of 1,842).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.4%)
2008	1,842	87.4%	-2.0 pp
2009	2,626	88.1%	-1.3 pp
2010	2,221	91.0%	+1.6 pp
2011	2,160	90.1%	+0.7 pp
2012	1,291	90.1%	+0.7 pp
2013	56	94.6%	+5.2 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 · 2011–2025

Questions

Which Vespa GTS 300 Super years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Piaggio Vespa GTS 300 Super falls more than two points under the model's 89.4% overall pass rate.
Which Vespa GTS 300 Super year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2013, at 94.6% of 56 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Vespa GTS 300 Super pass rate vary by year?: 7.2 percentage points between the highest (2013, 94.6%) and lowest (2008, 87.4%) 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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