Suzuki B King: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which B King years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 91.4% average, from 747 DVSA tests.

2010

highest-passing year · 93.7%

2008

lowest-passing year · 89.7%

4.0pp

spread across 4 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: 2010 (93.7% of 205 tests). Lowest: 2008 (89.7% of 195).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (91.4%)
2007	153	92.2%	+0.8 pp
2008	195	89.7%	-1.7 pp
2009	162	90.7%	-0.7 pp
2010	205	93.7%	+2.3 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 · 2011–2025

Questions

Which B King years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Suzuki B King falls more than two points under the model's 91.4% overall pass rate.
Which B King year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2010, at 93.7% of 205 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the B King pass rate vary by year?: 4.0 percentage points between the highest (2010, 93.7%) and lowest (2008, 89.7%) 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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