BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Qingqi QM 125-2V: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which QM 125-2V years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 57.4% average, from 906 DVSA tests.

2011
highest-passing year · 63.0%
2009
lowest-passing year · 51.1%
11.9pp
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: 2011 (63.0% of 181 tests). Lowest: 2009 (51.1% of 94). Years more than two points below the model average: 2009, 2013.

49%57%65%2008: 56.8% pass (74 tests)2009: 51.1% pass (94 tests)2010: 57.3% pass (82 tests)2011: 63.0% pass (181 tests)2012: 56.4% pass (273 tests)2013: 54.5% pass (178 tests)200820112013
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (57.4%)
2008 74 56.8% -0.6 pp
2009 94 51.1% -6.3 pp
2010 82 57.3% -0.1 pp
2011 181 63.0% +5.6 pp
2012 273 56.4% -1.0 pp
2013 178 54.5% -2.9 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 · 2012–2021
47%56%66%2012: 56.3% pass (32 tests)2013: 54.0% pass (50 tests)2014: 57.7% pass (97 tests)2015: 55.6% pass (142 tests)2016: 62.4% pass (178 tests)2017: 58.4% pass (113 tests)2018: 59.2% pass (76 tests)2019: 50.0% pass (48 tests)2020: 53.8% pass (39 tests)2021: 53.7% pass (41 tests)20122021

Questions

Which QM 125-2V years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2009, 2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the Qingqi QM 125-2V overall (57.4%); the 2009 cohort is lowest at 51.1% from 94 tests.
Which QM 125-2V year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2011, at 63.0% of 181 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the QM 125-2V pass rate vary by year?
11.9 percentage points between the highest (2011, 63.0%) and lowest (2009, 51.1%) 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: Qingqi QM 125-2V reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #5293 of 5428 models· other Qingqi models: QM, QM 125 GY-2B, QM 125-2C, QM 125 T-10H, QM 125-2D Stealth, QM 125 T-10R