UK vehicle statistics / SYM

How many SYM cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 8,622 licensed and 11,249 SORN SYM vehicles in the UK, across 23 published model groups. That means 1 in 2 surviving SYM is currently off the road.

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Population figures describe a model group, not the car in front of you.

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Rarest SYM models

The published SYM model groups with the smallest surviving populations.

  • VS 125 — 16 licensed, 85 SORN
  • Maxsym — 78 licensed, 48 SORN
  • Cruisym — 117 licensed, 11 SORN
  • Allo — 28 licensed, 107 SORN
  • Voyager — 34 licensed, 126 SORN

Every SYM model

ModelLicensedSORN
JET4,2254,403
Symply3621,483
Fiddle571792
Symphony536623
Mask668482
Orbit787200
XS 12562627
NH384181
DD30399
Crox 125130206
Joyride52284
MIO60269
Joymax22795
Wolf53230
City Hopper7241
Shark14181
ADX 1251739
Husky8167
Voyager34126
Allo28107
Cruisym11711
Maxsym7848
VS 1251685

How to read these numbers

Licensed means taxed and legal to use on the road at the end of the quarter. SORN means the keeper has declared it off the road — it still exists, but it is not in use. A model group's total is the best available proxy for how many survive, and a shrinking one means fewer donor cars, fewer specialists and slower parts supply.

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.