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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Suzuki Uh 200 K8: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Uh 200 K8 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.7% average, from 993 DVSA tests.

2010
highest-passing year · 91.9%
2008
lowest-passing year · 83.3%
8.6pp
spread across 3 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 (91.9% of 86 tests). Lowest: 2008 (83.3% of 430). Years more than two points below the model average: 2008.

82%88%94%2008: 83.3% pass (430 tests)2009: 86.6% pass (464 tests)2010: 91.9% pass (86 tests)200820092010
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (85.7%)
2008 430 83.3% -2.4 pp
2009 464 86.6% +0.9 pp
2010 86 91.9% +6.2 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
76%84%93%2011: 80.0% pass (45 tests)2012: 83.3% pass (90 tests)2013: 89.8% pass (98 tests)2014: 78.6% pass (98 tests)2015: 88.0% pass (92 tests)2016: 85.7% pass (91 tests)2017: 84.8% pass (79 tests)2018: 87.5% pass (56 tests)2019: 89.3% pass (56 tests)2020: 87.3% pass (55 tests)2021: 85.0% pass (60 tests)2022: 89.8% pass (49 tests)2023: 86.5% pass (52 tests)2024: 86.1% pass (36 tests)2025: 86.1% pass (36 tests)20112025

Questions

Which Uh 200 K8 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2008 registered examples pass first time less often than the Suzuki Uh 200 K8 overall (85.7%); the 2008 cohort is lowest at 83.3% from 430 tests.
Which Uh 200 K8 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2010, at 91.9% of 86 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Uh 200 K8 pass rate vary by year?
8.6 percentage points between the highest (2010, 91.9%) and lowest (2008, 83.3%) 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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