Humber · 1930–1948
Humber Snipe
The Humber Snipe was a four-door luxury saloon introduced by British-based Humber Limited for 1930 as a successor to the Humber 20/55 hp (which remained in the catalogue as 20/65) at the same time as the similar but slightly longer Humber Pullman. The first Humber Snipe was launched in September 1929 under the banner headline "Such Cars As Even Humber Never Built Before". It showed the influence of William Rootes' marketing skills following the appointment of Rootes Limited as Humber's "World Exporters" and also a significant similarity to his Hillmans. Almost three years later Humber Limited joined what became known as the Rootes Group as part of a necessary restructure of Humber's capital and ownership in July 1932. Snipes and, later, Super Snipes became Rootes Group's owner-driver big car offerings until the brand disappeared under Chrysler ownership.
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UK vehicles on the road
308 licensed and 128 SORN (436 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 386 |
| 2015 | 385 |
| 2016 | 390 |
| 2017 | 402 |
| 2018 | 408 |
| 2019 | 409 |
| 2020 | 412 |
| 2021 | 424 |
| 2022 | 434 |
| 2023 | 418 |
| 2024 | 428 |
| 2025 | 436 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q1735934CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humber_SnipeCC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1335142343 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.