Velocette Thruxton: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Thruxton years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 95.3% average, from 570 DVSA tests.

1969

highest-passing year · 98.2%

1966

lowest-passing year · 93.8%

4.4pp

spread across 5 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: 1969 (98.2% of 55 tests). Lowest: 1966 (93.8% of 146).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (95.3%)
1965	101	95.0%	-0.3 pp
1966	146	93.8%	-1.5 pp
1968	76	96.1%	+0.8 pp
1969	55	98.2%	+2.9 pp
1970	62	96.8%	+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 Thruxton years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Velocette Thruxton falls more than two points under the model's 95.3% overall pass rate.
Which Thruxton year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1969, at 98.2% of 55 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Thruxton pass rate vary by year?: 4.4 percentage points between the highest (1969, 98.2%) and lowest (1966, 93.8%) 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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