Yamaha VP300: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which VP300 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 83.4% average, from 808 DVSA tests.

2005

highest-passing year · 88.3%

2004

lowest-passing year · 82.6%

5.7pp

spread across 3 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: 2005 (88.3% of 103 tests). Lowest: 2004 (82.6% of 530).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (83.4%)
2003	167	82.6%	-0.8 pp
2004	530	82.6%	-0.8 pp
2005	103	88.3%	+4.9 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 · 2007–2017

Questions

Which VP300 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Yamaha VP300 falls more than two points under the model's 83.4% overall pass rate.
Which VP300 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2005, at 88.3% of 103 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the VP300 pass rate vary by year?: 5.7 percentage points between the highest (2005, 88.3%) and lowest (2004, 82.6%) 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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