Sachs Roadster: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Roadster years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.9% average, from 2,003 DVSA tests.

2004

highest-passing year · 85.0%

2001

lowest-passing year · 67.5%

17.5pp

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: 2004 (85.0% of 419 tests). Lowest: 2001 (67.5% of 77). Years more than two points below the model average: 2001, 2002.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (79.9%)
2001	77	67.5%	-12.4 pp
2002	511	77.1%	-2.8 pp
2003	777	80.2%	+0.3 pp
2004	419	85.0%	+5.1 pp
2005	109	78.0%	-1.9 pp
2007	53	84.9%	+5.0 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 · 2006–2025

Questions

Which Roadster years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2001, 2002 registered examples pass first time less often than the Sachs Roadster overall (79.9%); the 2001 cohort is lowest at 67.5% from 77 tests.
Which Roadster year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2004, at 85.0% of 419 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2004, 2007.
How much does the Roadster pass rate vary by year?: 17.5 percentage points between the highest (2004, 85.0%) and lowest (2001, 67.5%) 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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