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Ford Cardinal Hearse: how many are still registered?

304still registered

Ford Cardinal Hearse cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 817 (1996 Q4) - 37.2% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 3.6% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 251 in 2030.

157 of the survivors (51.6%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

37.2% survives 1996 Q4 peak: 817

Declared off-road (SORN)157 · 51.6%
Disappearing per year3.6%
Projected 2030~251

Derivatives

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

Ford Cardinal Hearse vans0still reg.

By year

All 304 surviving Ford Cardinal Hearse cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 110 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 73.1% 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 built1980 → 2016
20100
19802016
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On the road over time

Total Ford Cardinal Hearse cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

817
19942026: 282
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Ford Cardinal Hearse 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

1901cc to 2000cc29 cars · 9.5%
2301cc to 2400cc33 cars · 10.8%
2701cc to 2800cc25 cars · 8.2%
2901cc to 3000cc87 cars · 28.6%
3901cc to 4000cc129 cars · 42.4%
4901cc to 5000cc1 cars · 0.3%

Fuel

Petrol303 · 99.6%
Diesel1 · 0.3%

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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.