Royal Enfield Continental GT: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Continental GT years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.9% average, from 557 DVSA tests.

1966

highest-passing year · 92.6%

1965

lowest-passing year · 89.3%

3.3pp

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: 1966 (92.6% of 135 tests). Lowest: 1965 (89.3% of 84).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.9%)
1965	84	89.3%	-0.6 pp
1966	135	92.6%	+2.7 pp
2013	227	89.9%	+0.0 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 · 2006–2017

Questions

Which Continental GT years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Royal Enfield Continental GT falls more than two points under the model's 89.9% overall pass rate.
Which Continental GT year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1966, at 92.6% of 135 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Continental GT pass rate vary by year?: 3.3 percentage points between the highest (1966, 92.6%) and lowest (1965, 89.3%) 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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