UK vehicle statistics / Sunbeam

How many Sunbeam Talbot cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 227 licensed and 80 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Sunbeam Talbot generic-model group.

Looking at a Talbot?

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 Talbot is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the Talbot disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 256 in 2022 Q2 and stand at 227 in 2026 Q1, down 11%. That is down 10% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 80 are declared SORN — 1 in 4 of the 307 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 Q122780
2025 Q422780
2025 Q323276
2025 Q223871
2025 Q123667
2024 Q423965
2024 Q324461
2024 Q224557
2024 Q123760
2023 Q423961
2023 Q324557
2023 Q224953

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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.