Triumph Legend: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Legend years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.0% average, from 12,161 DVSA tests.

2002

highest-passing year · 92.0%

2000

lowest-passing year · 85.6%

6.4pp

spread across 6 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: 2002 (92.0% of 112 tests). Lowest: 2000 (85.6% of 2,444).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (87.0%)
1998	2,040	86.9%	-0.1 pp
1999	4,959	87.2%	+0.2 pp
2000	2,444	85.6%	-1.4 pp
2001	2,440	87.5%	+0.5 pp
2002	112	92.0%	+5.0 pp
2003	56	87.5%	+0.5 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 · 2005–2025

Questions

Which Legend years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Triumph Legend falls more than two points under the model's 87.0% overall pass rate.
Which Legend year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2002, at 92.0% of 112 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Legend pass rate vary by year?: 6.4 percentage points between the highest (2002, 92.0%) and lowest (2000, 85.6%) 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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