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Daihatsu Charade: how many are still registered?

1,603still registered

Daihatsu Charade cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 48 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 22,896 (1994 Q4) - 7.0% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 11.0% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 893 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2030.

660 of the survivors (41.1%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

7.0% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 22,896

Declared off-road (SORN)660 · 41.1%
Disappearing per year11.0%
Projected 2030~893

Derivatives

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

Daihatsu Charade vans0still reg.Daihatsu Charade motorcycles1still reg.Daihatsu Charade lorries0still reg.

By year

All 1,603 surviving Daihatsu Charade cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 3,905 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 29.0% 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 built1981 → 2007
4002000
19812007
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On the road over time

Total Daihatsu Charade cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

22,896
1994log scale2026: 1,460
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Daihatsu Charade 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

901cc to 1000cc1,327 cars · 82.7%
1201cc to 1300cc235 cars · 14.6%
1401cc to 1500cc10 cars · 0.6%
1501cc to 1600cc13 cars · 0.8%
Other sizes (4)18 cars · 1.1%

Fuel

Petrol1,561 · 97.3%
Diesel38 · 2.3%
Gas4 · 0.2%

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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.