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Daimler Double SIX: how many are still registered?

748still registered

Daimler Double SIX cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 9 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 1,509 (1994 Q4) - 49.5% of that peak survives.

459 of the survivors (61.3%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

49.5% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 1,509

Declared off-road (SORN)459 · 61.3%

Derivatives

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

Daimler Double SIX vans0still reg.

By year

All 748 surviving Daimler Double SIX cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 700 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1971 → 1997
50250
19711997
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On the road over time

Total Daimler Double SIX cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

1,509
1994log scale2026: 687
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Daimler Double SIX 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

4201cc to 4300cc4 cars · 0.5%
5301cc to 5400cc548 cars · 73.2%
5901cc to 6000cc187 cars · 25.0%
Other sizes (8)9 cars · 1.2%

Fuel

Petrol743 · 99.3%
Gas4 · 0.5%
Diesel1 · 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.