Piaggio X7 250: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which X7 250 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.3% average, from 697 DVSA tests.

2010

highest-passing year · 92.6%

2008

lowest-passing year · 77.5%

15.1pp

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: 2010 (92.6% of 54 tests). Lowest: 2008 (77.5% of 431).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (79.3%)
2008	431	77.5%	-1.8 pp
2009	203	79.8%	+0.5 pp
2010	54	92.6%	+13.3 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

Questions

Which X7 250 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Piaggio X7 250 falls more than two points under the model's 79.3% overall pass rate.
Which X7 250 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2010, at 92.6% of 54 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the X7 250 pass rate vary by year?: 15.1 percentage points between the highest (2010, 92.6%) and lowest (2008, 77.5%) 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.

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