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Talbot Express buses and coaches: how many are still registered?

41still registered

Talbot Express buses and coaches still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 9 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 1,166 (1994 Q4) - 3.5% of that peak survives.

37 of the survivors (90.2%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

3.5% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 1,166

Declared off-road (SORN)37 · 90.2%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Talbot Express nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is buses and coaches only.

Talbot Express cars6still reg.Talbot Express vans7,732still reg.Talbot Express lorries14still reg.

By year

All 41 surviving Talbot Express buses and coaches, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 12 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 76.4% of the 2014 figure. That is the earliest real count of the same cars: DVLA publishes no production figures, so nothing here is a count of how many were built.

Year built1988 → 1994
1570
1988198919901991199219931994
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On the road over time

Total Talbot Express buses and coaches registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

1,166
1994log scale2026: 41
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Talbot Express buses and coaches 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

1701cc to 1800cc1 buses and coaches · 2.4%
1901cc to 2000cc4 buses and coaches · 9.7%
2401cc to 2500cc8 buses and coaches · 19.5%
2501cc to 2600cc27 buses and coaches · 65.8%
2801cc to 2900cc1 buses and coaches · 2.4%

Fuel

Diesel37 · 90.2%
Petrol4 · 9.7%

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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.