UK vehicle statistics / Vespa (Douglas)

How many Vespa (Douglas) P200e motorcycles are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 232 licensed and 242 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Vespa (Douglas) P200e generic-model group.

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Is the P200e disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 250 in 2014 Q3 and stand at 232 in 2026 Q1, down 7%. That is up 11% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 242 are declared SORN — 1 in 2 of the 474 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 Q1232242
2025 Q4235237
2025 Q3242231
2025 Q2235238
2025 Q1218244
2024 Q4219241
2024 Q3227232
2024 Q2225232
2024 Q1218231
2023 Q4212240
2023 Q3225227
2023 Q2223226

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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.