Zontes Scorpion 125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Scorpion 125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 57.8% average, from 540 DVSA tests.

2019

highest-passing year · 59.2%

2020

lowest-passing year · 53.1%

6.1pp

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: 2019 (59.2% of 71 tests). Lowest: 2020 (53.1% of 98). Years more than two points below the model average: 2020.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (57.8%)
2017	144	58.3%	+0.5 pp
2018	213	58.7%	+0.9 pp
2019	71	59.2%	+1.4 pp
2020	98	53.1%	-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 · 2020–2025

Questions

Which Scorpion 125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2020 registered examples pass first time less often than the Zontes Scorpion 125 overall (57.8%); the 2020 cohort is lowest at 53.1% from 98 tests.
Which Scorpion 125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2019, at 59.2% of 71 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Scorpion 125 pass rate vary by year?: 6.1 percentage points between the highest (2019, 59.2%) and lowest (2020, 53.1%) 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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