TVR 280i

Convertible.

💎 Rare find 2 registers with powertrain counts

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Registered: 5 countries
On the road in: Top 40%
Worldwide popularity: #1075
in United Kingdom

Popular in

Rank in each official register

#1075

#3461

#3948

🇬🇧gb 🇳🇿nz 🇳🇱nl

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Canonical id car/tvr/280i · dataset 2026.11.9, CC-BY 4.0, from real registration and fleet counts.

On the record

Where the TVR 280i is on the road, and since when, from each country's official register.

Where it's been spotted

Netherlands #3948 New Zealand #3461 Switzerland United Kingdom #1075 United States

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register, with the model's rank there where the register counts it. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the TVR 280i on record. A last year of 2026 is the newest year in the data, not the year the model ended.

Netherlands: 1984–1985; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Registrations

Netherlands: surviving fleet by first-registration year: on record 1984–1985

From official registers, as of 2026.11.9. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

Powertrains on record

2 registers with powertrain counts

Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.

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Generations, engines and specs

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The TVR 280i as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.

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{
  "id": "car/tvr/280i",
  "name": "280i",
  "make": {
    "id": "tvr",
    "name": "TVR"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "convertible",
  "availability": [
    "ch",
    "gb",
    "nl",
    "nz",
    "us"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu",
    "na",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 8,
    "mass_decile": 4,
    "rarity": "rare"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [],
  "years": null,
  "registration_years": null,
  "era": null,
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.11.9",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.11.9"
  }
}

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One row of vehicles.csv

The open dataset (release 2026.11.9, CC-BY 4.0) holds the TVR 280i as this row. Free with an account: download it, store it, show it, with a credit line.

kind: car
make_slug: tvr
make_name: TVR
model_slug: 280i
model_name: 280i
body_types: convertible
countries: ch|gb|nl|nz|us
regions: eu|na|oc
global_popularity_decile: 8
mass_popularity_decile: 4
aliases: ∅
former_ids: ∅