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Ford Fiesta: how many are still registered?

1,411,414still registered

Ford Fiesta cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 359 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 1,651,303 (1997 Q4) - 85.4% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 2.7% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 1,230,885 in 2030.

110,507 of the survivors (7.8%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

85.4% survives 1997 Q4 peak: 1,651,303

Declared off-road (SORN)110,507 · 7.8%
Disappearing per year2.7%
Projected 2030~1,230,885

Derivatives

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

Ford Fiesta vans32,677still reg.Ford Fiesta lorries1still reg.Ford Fiesta buses and coaches0still reg.

By year

All 1,411,414 surviving Ford Fiesta cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 645,093 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 55.6% 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 built1988 → 2024
150,00075,0000
19882024
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On the road over time

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

1,651,303
1994log scale2026: 1,344,842
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Ford Fiesta 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

901cc to 1000cc496,168 cars · 35.1%
1001cc to 1100cc44,992 cars · 3.1%
1201cc to 1300cc439,313 cars · 31.1%
1301cc to 1400cc218,929 cars · 15.5%
1401cc to 1500cc59,805 cars · 4.2%
1501cc to 1600cc133,676 cars · 9.4%
1901cc to 2000cc9,643 cars · 0.6%
Other sizes (26)8,887 cars · 0.6%

Fuel

Petrol1,254,004 · 88.8%
Diesel150,181 · 10.6%
Hybrid Electric (petrol)7,169 · 0.5%
Other fuels (2)60 · under 0.1%

By generation

Approximate generation windows - the changeover year counts toward the newer car.

GenerationStill registered
1976–19833,287
1984–19883,714
1989–19958,466
1996–200126,622
2002–2008206,213
2009–2016787,130
2017–2023374,304

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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.