Puch Maxi: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Maxi years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.6% average, from 2,432 DVSA tests.

1972

highest-passing year · 93.1%

1987

lowest-passing year · 77.0%

16.1pp

spread across 18 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: 1972 (93.1% of 58 tests). Lowest: 1987 (77.0% of 61). Years more than two points below the model average: 1980, 1983, 1987.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (85.6%)
1970	74	89.2%	+3.6 pp
1971	340	85.3%	-0.3 pp
1972	58	93.1%	+7.5 pp
1973	87	86.2%	+0.6 pp
1974	58	86.2%	+0.6 pp
1975	129	83.7%	-1.9 pp
1976	74	87.8%	+2.2 pp
1977	103	90.3%	+4.7 pp
1978	152	85.5%	-0.1 pp
1979	304	83.6%	-2.0 pp
1980	226	83.2%	-2.4 pp
1981	166	88.0%	+2.4 pp
1982	138	89.1%	+3.5 pp
1983	133	80.5%	-5.1 pp
1984	101	86.1%	+0.5 pp
1985	88	86.4%	+0.8 pp
1986	83	86.7%	+1.1 pp
1987	61	77.0%	-8.6 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 · 2005–2021

Questions

Which Maxi years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1980, 1983, 1987 registered examples pass first time less often than the Puch Maxi overall (85.6%); the 1987 cohort is lowest at 77.0% from 61 tests.
Which Maxi year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1972, at 93.1% of 58 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1970, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982.
How much does the Maxi pass rate vary by year?: 16.1 percentage points between the highest (1972, 93.1%) and lowest (1987, 77.0%) 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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