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League table/VESPA
Make report · 2005–2025

VESPA

82.3%
first-time pass rate
10.5%
failed outright
21.6k
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a VESPA

failure defects across all VESPA models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is VESPA's most common failure — 5.3% of all VESPA tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
5.3 see ranking
brakes
2.9 see ranking
steering and suspension
3.1 see ranking
lamps and reflectors
1.1 see ranking
tyres and wheels
1.5 see ranking

Top failure groups aggregated across every VESPA model, 2005–2025. "% of tests" = share of the make's tests recording at least one defect in that group.

VESPA models, ranked by test volume

36 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
DOUGLAS
81.8 10.7 13,673 2,444
PX125
77.0 14.3 15,520 1,377
T5
80.8 12.1 16,188 1,034
PX
80.7 10.5 13,064 694
PX200
83.3 9.7 15,462 598
125
76.6 14.1 8,743 411
SPRINT
83.6 9.7 2,048 383
150
84.6 9.4 591 351
P200E
83.5 8.1 18,139 297
GS160
85.9 5.3 16,948 262
VESPA
86.0 8.3 8,456 242
PX125E
77.7 10.9 15,297 238
TX200
84.3 7.6 23,069 236
150 SUPER
82.2 9.6 949 230
SCOOTER
82.7 12.0 6,977 191
P200
79.7 9.9 20,295 182
PX200E
86.9 9.7 12,998 176
GS
88.2 2.4 4,242 170
VBB
83.9 8.3 556 168
PRIMAVERA
85.5 9.6 5,139 166
SPORTIQUE
88.2 5.0 3,411 161
RALLY 200
90.4 4.5 9,763 156
SS180
87.7 3.4 2,091 146
PIAGGIO
77.9 11.7 11,771 145
PK50
82.6 9.7 13,042 144
GS150
90.5 6.6 10,746 137
150 SPRINT
81.8 10.2 3,048 137
PX150
82.4 10.3 9,992 136
SUPER
79.7 11.3 1,921 133
RALLY
82.2 9.3 12,667 129
ET4
68.9 28.7 13,160 122
50 SPECIAL
82.5 12.5 5,705 120
GT
89.9 8.4 3,934 119
90
75.9 13.9 11,660 108
ET2
81.9 13.3 11,404 105
150S
95.0 2.0 1,962 101

Normal tests only. Median miles is odometer reading at test where recorded. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT results, 2005–2025.

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