Rarity / Aixam / 500

Aixam 500: how many are still registered?

119still registered

Aixam 500 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 14 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 351 (2005 Q4) - 33.9% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 3.4% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 98 in 2030.

111 of the survivors (93.2%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

33.9% survives 2005 Q4 peak: 351

Declared off-road (SORN)111 · 93.2%
Disappearing per year3.4%
Projected 2030~98

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Aixam 500 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Aixam 500 vans2still reg.

By year

All 119 surviving Aixam 500 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 79 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 60.1% of the 2014 figure. That is the earliest real count of the same cars: DVLA publishes no production figures, so nothing here is a count of how many were built.

Year built1999 → 2005
30150
1999200020012002200320042005
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On the road over time

Total Aixam 500 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

351
2000log scale2026: 117
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Aixam 500 cars 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

401cc to 500cc79 cars · 66.3%
501cc to 600cc40 cars · 33.6%

Fuel

Diesel81 · 68.0%
Petrol38 · 31.9%

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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.