Datsun 280: how many are still registered?
224still registered
Datsun 280 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 6 recorded variants.
Most recorded on UK roads at once: 1,022 (1994 Q4) - 21.9% of that peak survives.
The decline has levelled off - survivor numbers have held steady over the last five years.
128 of the survivors (57.1%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.
21.9% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 1,022
Every car drawn here is one still on the register. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.
By year
All 224 surviving Datsun 280 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time.
Cars joining a UK register each year, and how many of that year's arrivals are still registered now (the darker part of each bar). For an import this is the year it arrived, not the year it was built. DVLA's first-registration series starts in 2001, well after the Datsun 280 was being sold new, so these are almost entirely imports rather than the car's original sales.
On the road over time
Total Datsun 280 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.
Engine size and fuel
What is on the road now: the surviving Datsun 280 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
Fuel
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