Rarity / Ford / Popular

Ford Popular: how many are still registered?

2,875still registered

Ford Popular cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 2 recorded variants.

949 of the survivors (33.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

One car drawn per 10 on the road - there are too many left to draw one each. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.

Declared off-road (SORN)949 · 33.0%

Derivatives

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

Ford Popular vans24still reg.Ford Popular motorcycles1still reg.Ford Popular lorries1still reg.Ford Popular buses and coaches2still reg.

By year

All 2,875 surviving Ford Popular cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 794 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1946 → 1983
150750
19461983
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On the road over time

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

2,861
1994log scale2026: 2,861
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Ford Popular 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

801cc to 900cc57 cars · 1.9%
901cc to 1000cc66 cars · 2.2%
1101cc to 1200cc1,891 cars · 65.8%
1201cc to 1300cc23 cars · 0.8%
1501cc to 1600cc38 cars · 1.3%
1601cc to 1700cc44 cars · 1.5%
1901cc to 2000cc53 cars · 1.8%
2001cc to 2100cc76 cars · 2.6%
2501cc to 2600cc18 cars · 0.6%
2901cc to 3000cc19 cars · 0.6%
3001cc to 3100cc31 cars · 1.0%
3501cc to 3600cc243 cars · 8.4%
5001cc to 5100cc18 cars · 0.6%
5701cc to 5800cc65 cars · 2.2%
Other sizes (61)231 cars · 8.0%

Fuel

Petrol2,872 · 99.8%
Diesel3 · 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.