SYM Symply 50: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Symply 50 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 77.3% average, from 3,077 DVSA tests.

2011

highest-passing year · 79.9%

2008

lowest-passing year · 76.0%

3.9pp

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: 2011 (79.9% of 234 tests). Lowest: 2008 (76.0% of 1,276).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (77.3%)
2008	1,276	76.0%	-1.3 pp
2009	819	77.2%	-0.1 pp
2010	687	78.3%	+1.0 pp
2011	234	79.9%	+2.6 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 Symply 50 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the SYM Symply 50 falls more than two points under the model's 77.3% overall pass rate.
Which Symply 50 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2011, at 79.9% of 234 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Symply 50 pass rate vary by year?: 3.9 percentage points between the highest (2011, 79.9%) and lowest (2008, 76.0%) 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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