How many Triumph TR2 cars are left?

Name: Triumph TR2 licensed and SORN statistics
Creator: Department for Transport and DVLA
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 419 licensed and 89 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Triumph TR2 generic-model group.

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Is the TR2 disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 435 in 2023 Q1 and stand at 419 in 2026 Q1, down 4%. That is down 2% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 89 are declared SORN — 1 in 6 of the 508 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.

Quarterly licensed and SORN counts

Every quarter DfT has published for this model group, newest first.

Quarter	Licensed	SORN
2026 Q1	419	89
2025 Q4	419	87
2025 Q3	422	82
2025 Q2	420	83
2025 Q1	428	77
2024 Q4	430	77
2024 Q3	432	74
2024 Q2	429	73
2024 Q1	432	74
2023 Q4	431	74
2023 Q3	433	72
2023 Q2	426	72
2023 Q1	435	76
2022 Q4	434	79
2022 Q3	433	79
2022 Q2	417	84
2022 Q1	428	83
2021 Q4	433	80
2021 Q3	432	78
2021 Q2	428	77
2021 Q1	426	76
2020 Q4	425	78
2020 Q3	424	77
2020 Q2	419	74
2020 Q1	422	73
2019 Q4	422	72
2019 Q3	419	73
2019 Q2	417	72
2019 Q1	421	71
2018 Q4	423	70
2018 Q3	420	70
2018 Q2	413	71
2018 Q1	421	71
2017 Q4	422	70
2017 Q3	423	66
2017 Q2	418	61
2017 Q1	426	58
2016 Q4	425	58
2016 Q3	422	56
2016 Q2	412	57
2016 Q1	424	54
2015 Q4	431	49
2015 Q3	431	47
2015 Q2	428	46
2015 Q1	426	46
2014 Q4	430	47
2014 Q3	428	47

Other Triumph models

Tiger — 30,943 licensed
Bonneville — 23,498 licensed
Street Triple — 13,269 licensed
Speed Triple — 7,005 licensed
Daytona — 3,226 licensed
Spitfire — 4,635 licensed

See how many of every Triumph model are left

Common questions

How many Triumph TR2 cars are left in the UK?

419 were licensed and 89 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many Triumph TR2 cars are SORN?

89 are declared SORN — 1 in 6 of the 508 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

Is the TR2 disappearing?

Does this say whether one TR2 is a good buy?

No. These are population figures for the model group. Enter that vehicle's registration for its own free MOT, tax and mileage record.

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.