Royal Enfield Bullet Electra CL Efi: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Bullet Electra CL Efi years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 91.0% average, from 614 DVSA tests.

2012

highest-passing year · 98.1%

2013

lowest-passing year · 87.3%

10.8pp

spread across 4 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 (98.1% of 105 tests). Lowest: 2013 (87.3% of 71). Years more than two points below the model average: 2011, 2013.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (91.0%)
2010	242	91.7%	+0.7 pp
2011	184	88.6%	-2.4 pp
2012	105	98.1%	+7.1 pp
2013	71	87.3%	-3.7 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 · 2013–2025

Questions

Which Bullet Electra CL Efi years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2011, 2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the Royal Enfield Bullet Electra CL Efi overall (91.0%); the 2013 cohort is lowest at 87.3% from 71 tests.
Which Bullet Electra CL Efi year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2012, at 98.1% of 105 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Bullet Electra CL Efi pass rate vary by year?: 10.8 percentage points between the highest (2012, 98.1%) and lowest (2013, 87.3%) 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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