Royal Enfield Himalayan: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Himalayan years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.0% average, from 5,785 DVSA tests.

2019

highest-passing year · 91.3%

2020

lowest-passing year · 88.5%

2.8pp

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: 2019 (91.3% of 2,102 tests). Lowest: 2020 (88.5% of 992).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (90.0%)
2018	2,602	89.5%	-0.5 pp
2019	2,102	91.3%	+1.3 pp
2020	992	88.5%	-1.5 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 · 2021–2025

Questions

Which Himalayan years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Royal Enfield Himalayan falls more than two points under the model's 90.0% overall pass rate.
Which Himalayan year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2019, at 91.3% of 2,102 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Himalayan pass rate vary by year?: 2.8 percentage points between the highest (2019, 91.3%) and lowest (2020, 88.5%) 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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