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FSO Cars Caro: how many are still registered?

20still registered

FSO Cars Caro cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 3 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 1,087 (1996 Q4) - 1.8% of that peak survives.

16 of the survivors (80.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

1.8% survives 1996 Q4 peak: 1,087

Declared off-road (SORN)16 · 80.0%

Derivatives

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

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By year

All 20 surviving FSO Cars Caro cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 1 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 95.2% 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 built1994 → 1997
1050
1994199519961997
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On the road over time

Total FSO Cars Caro cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

1,087
1994log scale2026: 19
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving FSO Cars Caro 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

1401cc to 1500cc8 cars · 40.0%
1501cc to 1600cc1 cars · 5.0%
1901cc to 2000cc11 cars · 55.0%

Fuel

Diesel11 · 55.0%
Petrol9 · 45.0%

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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.