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Honda Prelude: how many are still registered?

2,517still registered

Honda Prelude cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 49 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 31,687 (1998 Q4) - 7.9% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 3.1% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 2,148 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2054.

1,695 of the survivors (67.3%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

7.9% survives 1998 Q4 peak: 31,687

Declared off-road (SORN)1,695 · 67.3%
Disappearing per year3.1%
Projected 2030~2,148

By year

All 2,517 surviving Honda Prelude cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 1,818 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 57.9% 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 built1979 → 2000
4002000
19792000
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On the road over time

Total Honda Prelude cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

31,687
1994log scale2026: 2,701
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Honda Prelude 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

1601cc to 1700cc38 cars · 1.5%
1801cc to 1900cc70 cars · 2.7%
1901cc to 2000cc1,137 cars · 45.1%
2001cc to 2100cc17 cars · 0.6%
2101cc to 2200cc1,024 cars · 40.6%
2201cc to 2300cc188 cars · 7.4%
2301cc to 2400cc36 cars · 1.4%
Other sizes (3)7 cars · 0.2%

Fuel

Petrol2,507 · 99.6%
Other fuels (3)10 · 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.