UK vehicle statistics / Sinnis

How many Sinnis Shuttle motorcycles are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 341 licensed and 587 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Sinnis Shuttle generic-model group.

Looking at a Shuttle?

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

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Is the Shuttle disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 854 in 2018 Q3 and stand at 341 in 2026 Q1, down 60%. That is down 49% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 587 are declared SORN — 1 in 2 of the 928 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 Q1341587
2025 Q4364573
2025 Q3395558
2025 Q2425561
2025 Q1478553
2024 Q4523548
2024 Q3564539
2024 Q2589536
2024 Q1613504
2023 Q4648478
2023 Q3661464
2023 Q2663454

Other Sinnis models

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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.