Piaggio Xevo 400: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Xevo 400 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 82.1% average, from 1,572 DVSA tests.

2012

highest-passing year · 93.0%

2010

lowest-passing year · 77.3%

15.7pp

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: 2012 (93.0% of 86 tests). Lowest: 2010 (77.3% of 255). Years more than two points below the model average: 2010, 2011.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (82.1%)
2007	126	82.5%	+0.4 pp
2008	456	83.3%	+1.2 pp
2009	371	82.7%	+0.6 pp
2010	255	77.3%	-4.8 pp
2011	274	79.9%	-2.2 pp
2012	86	93.0%	+10.9 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 Xevo 400 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2010, 2011 registered examples pass first time less often than the Piaggio Xevo 400 overall (82.1%); the 2010 cohort is lowest at 77.3% from 255 tests.
Which Xevo 400 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2012, at 93.0% of 86 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Xevo 400 pass rate vary by year?: 15.7 percentage points between the highest (2012, 93.0%) and lowest (2010, 77.3%) 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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