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Bova Futura buses and coaches: how many are still registered?

484still registered

Bova Futura buses and coaches still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 2 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 782 (2013 Q2) - 61.8% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 7.6% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 325 in 2030.

240 of the survivors (49.5%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

61.8% survives 2013 Q2 peak: 782

Declared off-road (SORN)240 · 49.5%
Disappearing per year7.6%
Projected 2030~325

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Bova Futura nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is buses and coaches only.

Bova Futura motorcycles1still reg.

By year

All 484 surviving Bova Futura buses and coaches, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 286 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 62.8% 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 built1996 → 2013
60300
19962013
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On the road over time

Total Bova Futura buses and coaches registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

777
1996log scale2026: 466
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Bova Futura buses and coaches 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

8201cc to 8300cc4 buses and coaches · 0.8%
8601cc to 8700cc4 buses and coaches · 0.8%
9101cc to 9200cc72 buses and coaches · 14.8%
9201cc to 9300cc135 buses and coaches · 27.8%
9601cc to 9700cc5 buses and coaches · 1.0%
11601cc to 11700cc113 buses and coaches · 23.3%
12501cc to 12600cc46 buses and coaches · 9.5%
12601cc to 12700cc103 buses and coaches · 21.2%
Other sizes (2)2 buses and coaches · 0.4%

Fuel

Diesel484 · 100%

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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.