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How many Singer Gazelle cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 260 licensed and 155 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Singer Gazelle generic-model group.

Looking at a Gazelle?

Population figures cannot tell you whether one particular car is taxed, MOT-valid or safe to buy.

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Is the Gazelle disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 277 in 2021 Q4 and stand at 260 in 2026 Q1, down 6%. That is down 4% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 155 are declared SORN — 1 in 3 of the 415 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 Q1260155
2025 Q4258156
2025 Q3261153
2025 Q2262153
2025 Q1266146
2024 Q4264143
2024 Q3267143
2024 Q2268138
2024 Q1263140
2023 Q4263140
2023 Q3266137
2023 Q2268134

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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.