UK vehicle statistics / Yamaha

How many Yamaha MWD cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 566 licensed and 115 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Yamaha MWD generic-model group.

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Is the MWD disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 611 in 2025 Q2 and stand at 566 in 2026 Q1, down 7%. That is up 301% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 115 are declared SORN — 1 in 6 of the 681 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 Q1566115
2025 Q4579104
2025 Q360583
2025 Q261181
2025 Q1558106
2024 Q455795
2024 Q357164
2024 Q255650
2024 Q152852
2023 Q448956
2023 Q347747
2023 Q241435

Other Yamaha models

  • YZF — 13,607 licensed
  • MT — 25,927 licensed
  • GPD — 14,767 licensed
  • YBR — 5,456 licensed
  • FZS — 4,673 licensed
  • Tracer — 7,897 licensed

See how many of every Yamaha 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.