Rarity / Colt / Lancer

Colt Lancer: how many are still registered?

80still registered

Colt Lancer cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 11 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 2,767 (1994 Q4) - 2.8% of that peak survives.

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

51 of the survivors (63.7%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

2.8% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 2,767

Declared off-road (SORN)51 · 63.7%

Derivatives

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

Colt Lancer vans0still reg.Colt Lancer lorries2still reg.

By year

All 80 surviving Colt Lancer cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time.

Year built1975 → 1988
30150
19751976197719781979198019811982198319841985198619871988
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On the road over time

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

2,767
1994log scale2026: 74
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Colt Lancer 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

1201cc to 1300cc2 cars · 2.5%
1401cc to 1500cc22 cars · 27.5%
1501cc to 1600cc5 cars · 6.2%
1901cc to 2000cc48 cars · 60.0%
2001cc to 2100cc3 cars · 3.7%

Fuel

Petrol80 · 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.