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Austin Mini: how many are still registered?

26,585still registered

Austin Mini cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 36 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 234,073 (1994 Q4) - 11.3% of that peak survives.

The decline has levelled off - survivor numbers have held steady over the last five years.

17,772 of the survivors (66.8%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

11.3% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 234,073

Declared off-road (SORN)17,772 · 66.8%

Derivatives

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

Austin Mini vans789still reg.

By year

All 26,585 surviving Austin Mini cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 21,822 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1979 → 1990
5,0002,5000
197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990
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On the road over time

Total Austin Mini cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

234,073
1994log scale2026: 25,911
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Austin Mini 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

801cc to 900cc1,954 cars · 7.3%
901cc to 1000cc19,481 cars · 73.3%
1001cc to 1100cc568 cars · 2.1%
1201cc to 1300cc3,648 cars · 13.7%
1301cc to 1400cc624 cars · 2.3%
Other sizes (22)297 cars · 1.1%

Fuel

Petrol26,568 · 99.9%
Other fuels (3)17 · under 0.1%

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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.