Rarity / Datsun / 240

Datsun 240: how many are still registered?

509still registered

Datsun 240 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 5 recorded variants.

191 of the survivors (37.5%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

Every car drawn here is one still on the register. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.

Declared off-road (SORN)191 · 37.5%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Datsun 240 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Datsun 240 vans1still reg.

By year

All 509 surviving Datsun 240 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 357 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1969 → 1979
150750
19691970197119721973197419751976197719781979
Point at a year for the numbers

On the road over time

Total Datsun 240 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

508
1994log scale2026: 508
Point at the line for a year

Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Datsun 240 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 · 0.5%
2301cc to 2400cc322 cars · 63.3%
2401cc to 2500cc107 cars · 21.0%
2501cc to 2600cc6 cars · 1.1%
2601cc to 2700cc7 cars · 1.3%
2701cc to 2800cc27 cars · 5.3%
2801cc to 2900cc25 cars · 4.9%
Other sizes (8)11 cars · 2.1%

Fuel

Petrol506 · 99.4%
Other fuels (2)3 · 0.5%

Own or buying a Datsun 240? Get its free DVLA tax and MOT history - and the paid report's own rarity figures for the exact variant - in seconds.

Check a reg free

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.