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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Suzuki AN650: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which AN650 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 83.2% average, from 6,559 DVSA tests.

2014
highest-passing year · 93.0%
2005
lowest-passing year · 81.2%
11.8pp
spread across 12 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: 2014 (93.0% of 57 tests). Lowest: 2005 (81.2% of 617).

79%87%95%2002: 82.9% pass (1,004 tests)2003: 81.9% pass (1,418 tests)2004: 82.5% pass (1,248 tests)2005: 81.2% pass (617 tests)2006: 86.8% pass (418 tests)2007: 82.1% pass (402 tests)2008: 84.4% pass (449 tests)2009: 86.7% pass (369 tests)2010: 84.2% pass (259 tests)2011: 84.3% pass (198 tests)2012: 90.2% pass (61 tests)2014: 93.0% pass (57 tests)200220082014
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (83.2%)
2002 1,004 82.9% -0.3 pp
2003 1,418 81.9% -1.3 pp
2004 1,248 82.5% -0.7 pp
2005 617 81.2% -2.0 pp
2006 418 86.8% +3.6 pp
2007 402 82.1% -1.1 pp
2008 449 84.4% +1.2 pp
2009 369 86.7% +3.5 pp
2010 259 84.2% +1.0 pp
2011 198 84.3% +1.1 pp
2012 61 90.2% +7.0 pp
2014 57 93.0% +9.8 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
77%83%89%2006: 87.2% pass (195 tests)2007: 83.4% pass (277 tests)2008: 84.7% pass (334 tests)2009: 80.6% pass (372 tests)2010: 79.3% pass (377 tests)2011: 81.4% pass (409 tests)2012: 82.6% pass (431 tests)2013: 84.2% pass (448 tests)2014: 82.8% pass (425 tests)2015: 83.7% pass (429 tests)2016: 82.6% pass (402 tests)2017: 85.9% pass (383 tests)2018: 81.6% pass (283 tests)2019: 85.2% pass (271 tests)2020: 81.7% pass (235 tests)2021: 83.4% pass (302 tests)2022: 85.0% pass (293 tests)2023: 86.8% pass (287 tests)2024: 85.0% pass (200 tests)2025: 80.9% pass (183 tests)20062025

Questions

Which AN650 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
none: no registration year of the Suzuki AN650 falls more than two points under the model's 83.2% overall pass rate.
Which AN650 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2014, at 93.0% of 57 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2006, 2009, 2012, 2014.
How much does the AN650 pass rate vary by year?
11.8 percentage points between the highest (2014, 93.0%) and lowest (2005, 81.2%) 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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