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Talbot, MOT record and UK numbers

4,793 Talbots are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 55.5% of initial MOT tests, 16.8 points below the 72.3% UK average and 62nd of 63 makes.

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Talbot models

Talbot has one model with its own page, the Express.

  1. Express 3,731 licensed in the UK 54.4% Express MOT pass rate 33.6 years

Licensed vehicles from DfT statistics, June 2026. Pass rates are for initial MOT tests in 2025.

Talbot at the MOT

55.5% of 5,376 initial MOT tests passed in 2025, placing Talbot 62nd of 63 makes.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

  • Talbot55.5%
  • All cars72.3%

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Talbots in the UK

4,793 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has fallen 34% since the end of 2014.

Change since 2014
−34%from 7,269 licensed
Typical year of first use
1991half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 1991 or earlier
Declared off the road
5,46753% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Talbots since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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DateLicensed
End of 20147,269
End of 20157,389
End of 20167,284
End of 20176,979
End of 20186,663
End of 20196,398
End of 20205,924
End of 20215,930
End of 20225,767
End of 20235,328
End of 20244,948
End of 20254,625
End of June 20264,793

How old they are

Licensed Talbots by year of first use.

A further 163 were first used before 1976.

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First usedLicensed, end 2025
199514
1994504
1993697
1992695
1991620
1990538
1989380
1988148
198779
198657
198545
198454
198392
198249
198168
198098
197943
19780
19771
19760

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Across the 1,548 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off.

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MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded). Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.