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TVR, MOT record and UK numbers

5,587 TVRs are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 87.9% of initial MOT tests, 15.6 points above the 72.3% UK average and 8th of 63 makes.

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TVR models

TVR has one model with its own page, the Chimaera.

  1. Chimaera 2,108 licensed in the UK 86.6% Chimaera MOT pass rate 27.7 years

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

TVR at the MOT

87.9% of 5,915 initial MOT tests passed in 2025, placing TVR 8th of 63 makes.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

  • TVR87.9%
  • All cars72.3%

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TVRs in the UK

5,587 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has fallen 6.7% since the end of 2014.

Change since 2014
−6.7%from 5,986 licensed
Typical year of first use
1998half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 1998 or earlier
Declared off the road
5,24148% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed TVRs since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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DateLicensed
End of 20145,986
End of 20155,990
End of 20165,779
End of 20175,582
End of 20185,380
End of 20195,270
End of 20204,946
End of 20215,053
End of 20224,850
End of 20234,530
End of 20244,420
End of 20254,363
End of June 20265,587

How old they are

Licensed TVRs by year of first use.

A further 647 were first used before 1989.

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First usedLicensed, end 2025
200810
200710
200660
2005165
2004108
2003193
2002176
2001233
2000261
1999386
1998512
1997370
1996280
1995212
1994134
199389
1992155
199175
199083
198963

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Across the 1,394 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off.

  • Outstanding finance
  • Write-off records
  • Stolen markers
  • Mileage history
  • Previous keepers

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.