UK vehicle statistics / Suzuki

How many Suzuki DL 800 motorcycles are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 635 licensed and 89 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Suzuki DL 800 generic-model group.

Looking at a DL 800?

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Wondering whether one particular DL 800 is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the DL 800 disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 673 in 2025 Q3 and stand at 635 in 2026 Q1, down 6%. A further 89 are declared SORN — 1 in 8 of the 724 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 Q163589
2025 Q462196
2025 Q367337
2025 Q264634
2025 Q157367
2024 Q452686
2024 Q348245
2024 Q242033
2024 Q131428
2023 Q423337
2023 Q31834
2023 Q21152

Other Suzuki models

  • Swift — 159,405 licensed
  • Vitara — 83,489 licensed
  • GSX — 33,216 licensed
  • SX4 — 50,764 licensed
  • Alto — 42,649 licensed
  • Ignis — 35,370 licensed

See how many of every Suzuki 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.