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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

SYM Wolf: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Wolf years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 70.5% average, from 885 DVSA tests.

2014
highest-passing year · 79.7%
2000
lowest-passing year · 65.7%
14.0pp
spread across 7 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 (79.7% of 59 tests). Lowest: 2000 (65.7% of 181). Years more than two points below the model average: 2000, 2006.

63%73%83%2000: 65.7% pass (181 tests)2001: 77.5% pass (71 tests)2005: 76.3% pass (131 tests)2006: 65.7% pass (108 tests)2011: 71.0% pass (69 tests)2012: 74.1% pass (58 tests)2014: 79.7% pass (59 tests)200020062014
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (70.5%)
2000 181 65.7% -4.8 pp
2001 71 77.5% +7.0 pp
2005 131 76.3% +5.8 pp
2006 108 65.7% -4.8 pp
2011 69 71.0% +0.5 pp
2012 58 74.1% +3.6 pp
2014 59 79.7% +9.2 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 · 2006–2023
52%69%86%2006: 69.0% pass (42 tests)2007: 71.9% pass (32 tests)2008: 64.6% pass (48 tests)2009: 73.9% pass (46 tests)2010: 75.0% pass (52 tests)2011: 68.6% pass (51 tests)2012: 80.5% pass (41 tests)2013: 69.8% pass (43 tests)2014: 71.4% pass (42 tests)2015: 68.6% pass (51 tests)2016: 64.2% pass (53 tests)2017: 75.8% pass (62 tests)2018: 71.1% pass (38 tests)2019: 76.2% pass (42 tests)2020: 77.8% pass (45 tests)2021: 57.4% pass (47 tests)2022: 67.8% pass (59 tests)2023: 77.8% pass (36 tests)20062023

Questions

Which Wolf years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2000, 2006 registered examples pass first time less often than the SYM Wolf overall (70.5%); the 2000 cohort is lowest at 65.7% from 181 tests.
Which Wolf year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2014, at 79.7% of 59 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2001, 2005, 2012, 2014.
How much does the Wolf pass rate vary by year?
14.0 percentage points between the highest (2014, 79.7%) and lowest (2000, 65.7%) 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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