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Dethleffs Sunlight vans: how many are still registered?
62still registered
Dethleffs Sunlight vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 10 recorded variants.
Most recorded on UK roads at once: 64 (2020 Q3) - 96.8% of that peak survives.
Disappearing at about 1.0% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 57 in 2030.
4 of the survivors (6.4%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.
96.8% survives 2020 Q3 peak: 64
Every van drawn here is one still on the register. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.
Derivatives
DVLA also registers other body types under the Dethleffs Sunlight nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is vans only.
By year
All 62 surviving Dethleffs Sunlight vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time.
Vans 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.
On the road over time
Total Dethleffs Sunlight vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.
Engine size and fuel
What is on the road now: the surviving Dethleffs Sunlight vans 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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Check a reg freeSource: 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.