UK vehicle statistics / SYM

How many SYM Symphony cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 536 licensed and 623 SORN vehicles in the UK within the SYM Symphony generic-model group.

Looking at a Symphony?

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

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Is the Symphony disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 1,089 in 2017 Q1 and stand at 536 in 2026 Q1, down 51%. That is down 35% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 623 are declared SORN — 1 in 2 of the 1,159 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 Q1536623
2025 Q4564610
2025 Q3577609
2025 Q2596600
2025 Q1604590
2024 Q4625576
2024 Q3664550
2024 Q2666548
2024 Q1695540
2023 Q4727532
2023 Q3740525
2023 Q2760510

Other SYM 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.