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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Piaggio Vespa GTV 250: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Vespa GTV 250 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.7% average, from 865 DVSA tests.

2010
highest-passing year · 86.4%
2009
lowest-passing year · 83.6%
2.8pp
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: 2010 (86.4% of 59 tests). Lowest: 2009 (83.6% of 214).

83%85%87%2006: 84.3% pass (51 tests)2007: 84.8% pass (256 tests)2008: 85.0% pass (280 tests)2009: 83.6% pass (214 tests)2010: 86.4% pass (59 tests)200620082010
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (84.7%)
2006 51 84.3% -0.4 pp
2007 256 84.8% +0.1 pp
2008 280 85.0% +0.3 pp
2009 214 83.6% -1.1 pp
2010 59 86.4% +1.7 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
75%84%93%2011: 78.2% pass (55 tests)2012: 83.1% pass (77 tests)2013: 86.0% pass (86 tests)2014: 82.9% pass (76 tests)2015: 81.9% pass (72 tests)2016: 84.1% pass (63 tests)2017: 79.4% pass (63 tests)2018: 84.1% pass (44 tests)2019: 89.1% pass (46 tests)2020: 89.7% pass (39 tests)2021: 87.8% pass (49 tests)2022: 84.4% pass (45 tests)2023: 88.6% pass (44 tests)2024: 90.0% pass (40 tests)2025: 86.8% pass (38 tests)20112025

Questions

Which Vespa GTV 250 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
none: no registration year of the Piaggio Vespa GTV 250 falls more than two points under the model's 84.7% overall pass rate.
Which Vespa GTV 250 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2010, at 86.4% of 59 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Vespa GTV 250 pass rate vary by year?
2.8 percentage points between the highest (2010, 86.4%) 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.

Full report: Piaggio Vespa GTV 250 reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #2572 of 5428 models· other Piaggio models: Vespa, Zip, NRG, PX 125 (vespa), PX 200 E, ET2