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Triumph Spitfire: how many are still registered?

8,742still registered

Triumph Spitfire cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 6 recorded variants.

4,049 of the survivors (46.3%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

One car drawn per 100 on the road - there are too many left to draw one each. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.

Declared off-road (SORN)4,049 · 46.3%

Derivatives

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

Triumph Spitfire vans1still reg.Triumph Spitfire motorcycles1still reg.

By year

All 8,742 surviving Triumph Spitfire cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 5,150 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1963 → 1982
1,0005000
19631982
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On the road over time

Total Triumph Spitfire cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

8,651
1994log scale2026: 8,651
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Triumph Spitfire 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

1101cc to 1200cc570 cars · 6.5%
1201cc to 1300cc3,441 cars · 39.3%
1301cc to 1400cc93 cars · 1.0%
1401cc to 1500cc4,178 cars · 47.8%
1501cc to 1600cc221 cars · 2.5%
1901cc to 2000cc103 cars · 1.1%
Other sizes (17)132 cars · 1.5%

Fuel

Petrol8,739 · 99.9%
Other fuels (2)3 · under 0.1%

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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.