Rarity / Sunbeam / Rapier

Sunbeam Rapier: how many are still registered?

717still registered

Sunbeam Rapier cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 4 recorded variants.

222 of the survivors (30.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

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Declared off-road (SORN)222 · 30.9%

By year

All 717 surviving Sunbeam Rapier cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 230 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1956 → 1976
30150
19561976
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On the road over time

Total Sunbeam Rapier cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

704
1994log scale2026: 704
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Sunbeam Rapier 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

1301cc to 1400cc16 cars · 2.2%
1401cc to 1500cc158 cars · 22.0%
1501cc to 1600cc249 cars · 34.7%
1601cc to 1700cc10 cars · 1.3%
1701cc to 1800cc274 cars · 38.2%
Other sizes (7)9 cars · 1.2%

Fuel

Petrol717 · 100%

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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.