Rarity / Colt / Celeste

Colt Celeste: how many are still registered?

19still registered

Colt Celeste cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 5 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 372 (1994 Q4) - 5.1% of that peak survives.

8 of the survivors (42.1%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

5.1% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 372

Declared off-road (SORN)8 · 42.1%

Derivatives

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

Colt Celeste vans1still reg.

By year

All 19 surviving Colt Celeste cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time.

Year built1976 → 1981
630
197619771978197919801981
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On the road over time

Total Colt Celeste cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

372
1994log scale2026: 16
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Colt Celeste 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

1501cc to 1600cc13 cars · 68.4%
1901cc to 2000cc6 cars · 31.5%

Fuel

Petrol19 · 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.