Rarity / Humber / Snipe

Humber Snipe: how many are still registered?

436still registered

Humber Snipe cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 2 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 437 (1996 Q4) - 99.7% of that peak survives.

126 of the survivors (28.8%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

99.7% survives 1996 Q4 peak: 437

Declared off-road (SORN)126 · 28.8%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Humber Snipe nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Humber Snipe vans0still reg.

By year

All 436 surviving Humber Snipe cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 140 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1931 → 1967
20100
19311967
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On the road over time

Total Humber Snipe cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

437
19942026: 432
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Humber Snipe cars split by engine capacity and by fuel, as recorded 2025. Engine sizes are DVLA's own bands and cover only the cars it holds a capacity for.

Engine size

2201cc to 2300cc3 cars · 0.6%
2601cc to 2700cc32 cars · 7.3%
2901cc to 3000cc273 cars · 62.6%
3001cc to 3100cc4 cars · 0.9%
3401cc to 3500cc11 cars · 2.5%
3501cc to 3600cc5 cars · 1.1%
4001cc to 4100cc71 cars · 16.2%
4101cc to 4200cc23 cars · 5.2%
Other sizes (11)14 cars · 3.2%

Fuel

Petrol432 · 99.0%
Other fuels (2)4 · 0.9%

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Source: DVLA vehicle licensing statistics (DfT). Counts as of 2025, licensed and SORN vehicles both included. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Survivor counts are national registration figures, not a guarantee any particular car exists or is roadworthy - check a specific reg free.