UK vehicle statistics / Fantic Motor

How many Fantic Motor Ca50 motorcycles are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 468 licensed and 175 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Fantic Motor Ca50 generic-model group.

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Is the Ca50 disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 536 in 2025 Q2 and stand at 468 in 2026 Q1, down 13%. That is up 160% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 175 are declared SORN — 1 in 4 of the 643 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

A falling population is worth knowing before you buy: it usually means fewer donor cars, fewer specialists and slower parts supply, and it is why a good example of a scarce model can hold its price while a neglected one is hard to sell at any price.

Recent quarterly trend

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q1468175
2025 Q4468162
2025 Q3523106
2025 Q2536101
2025 Q1480140
2024 Q4475126
2024 Q349586
2024 Q248566
2024 Q144685
2023 Q442889
2023 Q345446
2023 Q244337

Other Fantic Motor models

  • XEF — 208 licensed
  • TL 250 — 71 licensed
  • XE — 65 licensed

See how many of every Fantic Motor model are left

Source and limitations

Source: Department for Transport and DVLA, df_VEH0120_UK. Released 2026-07-15 under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

DVLA make and model fields are administrative data and can contain omissions or inconsistencies. These statistics describe model groups, not an individual registration.

Confidential cells marked [c] represent between 1 and 4 vehicles and are treated as zero in aggregates, so totals can be slightly understated.