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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Suzuki AN250: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which AN250 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.9% average, from 3,416 DVSA tests.

2001
highest-passing year · 91.2%
1999
lowest-passing year · 84.1%
7.1pp
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: 2001 (91.2% of 318 tests). Lowest: 1999 (84.1% of 1,091).

83%88%93%1998: 86.6% pass (1,116 tests)1999: 84.1% pass (1,091 tests)2000: 84.1% pass (572 tests)2001: 91.2% pass (318 tests)2002: 86.8% pass (190 tests)2003: 86.2% pass (58 tests)199820012003
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (85.9%)
1998 1,116 86.6% +0.7 pp
1999 1,091 84.1% -1.8 pp
2000 572 84.1% -1.8 pp
2001 318 91.2% +5.3 pp
2002 190 86.8% +0.9 pp
2003 58 86.2% +0.3 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 · 2005–2025
79%86%93%2005: 90.3% pass (72 tests)2006: 90.5% pass (304 tests)2007: 88.6% pass (297 tests)2008: 90.5% pass (284 tests)2009: 84.9% pass (258 tests)2010: 83.5% pass (237 tests)2011: 81.2% pass (245 tests)2012: 85.2% pass (203 tests)2013: 86.0% pass (207 tests)2014: 83.5% pass (182 tests)2015: 84.6% pass (175 tests)2016: 85.1% pass (168 tests)2017: 86.8% pass (159 tests)2018: 80.9% pass (110 tests)2019: 82.2% pass (101 tests)2020: 86.1% pass (72 tests)2021: 83.3% pass (84 tests)2022: 81.1% pass (95 tests)2023: 88.3% pass (77 tests)2024: 90.0% pass (40 tests)2025: 89.1% pass (46 tests)20052025

Questions

Which AN250 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
none: no registration year of the Suzuki AN250 falls more than two points under the model's 85.9% overall pass rate.
Which AN250 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2001, at 91.2% of 318 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the AN250 pass rate vary by year?
7.1 percentage points between the highest (2001, 91.2%) and lowest (1999, 84.1%) 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.

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