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Daimler Drop Head Coupe: how many are still registered?

14still registered

Daimler Drop Head Coupe cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 19 (1996 Q4) - 73.6% of that peak survives.

3 of the survivors (21.4%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

73.6% survives 1996 Q4 peak: 19

Declared off-road (SORN)3 · 21.4%

By year

All 14 surviving Daimler Drop Head Coupe cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 8 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars. Across every year, 1 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 88.8% 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 built1937 → 1952
420
19371952
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On the road over time

Total Daimler Drop Head Coupe cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

19
19942026: 14
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Daimler Drop Head Coupe 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

2001cc to 2100cc3 cars · 21.4%
2401cc to 2500cc2 cars · 14.2%
2501cc to 2600cc8 cars · 57.1%
2901cc to 3000cc1 cars · 7.1%

Fuel

Petrol14 · 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.