Suzuki SB200: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which SB200 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.7% average, from 594 DVSA tests.

1980

highest-passing year · 89.7%

1979

lowest-passing year · 77.7%

12.0pp

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: 1980 (89.7% of 146 tests). Lowest: 1979 (77.7% of 94). Years more than two points below the model average: 1979, 1981.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (84.7%)
1979	94	77.7%	-7.0 pp
1980	146	89.7%	+5.0 pp
1981	173	82.1%	-2.6 pp
1982	116	86.2%	+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 · 2006–2017

Questions

Which SB200 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1979, 1981 registered examples pass first time less often than the Suzuki SB200 overall (84.7%); the 1979 cohort is lowest at 77.7% from 94 tests.
Which SB200 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1980, at 89.7% of 146 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the SB200 pass rate vary by year?: 12.0 percentage points between the highest (1980, 89.7%) and lowest (1979, 77.7%) 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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