Rarity / Ford / Ka

Ford Ka: how many are still registered?

149,587still registered

Ford Ka cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 37 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 457,417 (2010 Q3) - 32.7% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 6.3% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 108,040 in 2030.

26,490 of the survivors (17.7%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

32.7% survives 2010 Q3 peak: 457,417

Declared off-road (SORN)26,490 · 17.7%
Disappearing per year6.3%
Projected 2030~108,040

Derivatives

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

Ford Ka vans148still reg.Ford Ka buses and coaches1still reg.

By year

All 149,587 surviving Ford Ka cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 265,340 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 33.1% 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 built1997 → 2016
20,00010,0000
19972016
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On the road over time

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

455,906
1996log scale2026: 141,227
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Ford Ka 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

1201cc to 1300cc148,381 cars · 99.1%
1501cc to 1600cc1,142 cars · 0.7%
Other sizes (11)64 cars · under 0.1%

Fuel

Petrol147,674 · 98.7%
Diesel1,911 · 1.2%
Gas2 · under 0.1%

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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.