UK vehicle statistics / Solis Tractors

How many Solis Tractors Solis cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 550 licensed and 148 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Solis Tractors Solis generic-model group.

Looking at a Solis?

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

Check its registration free for the official tax, MOT and mileage record. If the car is still worth pursuing, the optional £9.99 full history check adds outstanding-finance, stolen and insurance write-off checks.

Wondering whether one particular Solis is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the Solis disappearing?

550 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the Solis is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. A further 148 are declared SORN — 1 in 5 of the 698 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 Q1550148
2025 Q4527124
2025 Q3482109
2025 Q243787
2025 Q135180
2024 Q430264
2024 Q327624
2024 Q218914
2024 Q11141
2023 Q410
2023 Q300
2023 Q200

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.