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Vespa (douglas) 50 Special motorcycles: how many are still registered?

127still registered

Vespa (douglas) 50 Special motorcycles still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

67 of the survivors (52.7%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

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Declared off-road (SORN)67 · 52.7%

By year

All 127 surviving Vespa (douglas) 50 Special motorcycles, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time.

Year built1963 → 1995
1570
19631995
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On the road over time

Total Vespa (douglas) 50 Special motorcycles registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

123
1994log scale2026: 123
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Vespa (douglas) 50 Special motorcycles 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

Up to 50cc116 motorcycles · 91.3%
51cc to 125cc8 motorcycles · 6.2%
126cc to 150cc3 motorcycles · 2.3%

Fuel

Petrol127 · 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.