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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Piaggio Vespa GTV 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Vespa GTV 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 82.6% average, from 725 DVSA tests.

2007
highest-passing year · 90.1%
2009
lowest-passing year · 78.5%
11.6pp
spread across 3 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: 2007 (90.1% of 213 tests). Lowest: 2009 (78.5% of 186). Years more than two points below the model average: 2009.

76%84%92%2007: 90.1% pass (213 tests)2008: 82.1% pass (280 tests)2009: 78.5% pass (186 tests)200720082009
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (82.6%)
2007 213 90.1% +7.5 pp
2008 280 82.1% -0.5 pp
2009 186 78.5% -4.1 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 · 2011–2023
70%85%100%2011: 80.8% pass (52 tests)2012: 74.7% pass (79 tests)2013: 80.6% pass (72 tests)2014: 89.5% pass (76 tests)2015: 86.4% pass (59 tests)2016: 80.3% pass (61 tests)2017: 82.5% pass (57 tests)2018: 80.0% pass (35 tests)2019: 83.3% pass (42 tests)2021: 94.7% pass (38 tests)2022: 79.5% pass (39 tests)2023: 93.5% pass (31 tests)20112023

Questions

Which Vespa GTV 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2009 registered examples pass first time less often than the Piaggio Vespa GTV 125 overall (82.6%); the 2009 cohort is lowest at 78.5% from 186 tests.
Which Vespa GTV 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2007, at 90.1% of 213 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Vespa GTV 125 pass rate vary by year?
11.6 percentage points between the highest (2007, 90.1%) and lowest (2009, 78.5%) 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.

Full report: Piaggio Vespa GTV 125 reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #3052 of 5428 models· other Piaggio models: Vespa, Zip, NRG, PX 125 (vespa), PX 200 E, ET2