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TVR 290: how many are still registered?

593still registered

TVR 290 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 713 (1994 Q4) - 83.1% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 0.6% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 573 in 2030.

351 of the survivors (59.1%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

83.1% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 713

Declared off-road (SORN)351 · 59.1%
Disappearing per year0.6%
Projected 2030~573

By year

All 593 surviving TVR 290 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 26 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 95.7% 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 built1989 → 1995
3001500
1989199019911992199319941995
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On the road over time

Total TVR 290 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

713
19942026: 579
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving TVR 290 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

2901cc to 3000cc472 cars · 79.5%
3901cc to 4000cc117 cars · 19.7%
Other sizes (3)4 cars · 0.6%

Fuel

Petrol593 · 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.