Yamaha EW50: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which EW50 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 68.0% average, from 2,271 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 72.7%

2000

lowest-passing year · 66.4%

6.3pp

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: 2003 (72.7% of 363 tests). Lowest: 2000 (66.4% of 848).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (68.0%)
2000	848	66.4%	-1.6 pp
2001	553	66.5%	-1.5 pp
2002	469	68.4%	+0.4 pp
2003	363	72.7%	+4.7 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 · 2005–2022

Questions

Which EW50 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Yamaha EW50 falls more than two points under the model's 68.0% overall pass rate.
Which EW50 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 72.7% of 363 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the EW50 pass rate vary by year?: 6.3 percentage points between the highest (2003, 72.7%) and lowest (2000, 66.4%) 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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