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Kia Carens: how many are still registered?

14,670still registered

Kia Carens cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 59 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 24,531 (2016 Q3) - 59.8% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 6.9% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 10,258 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2063.

1,752 of the survivors (11.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

59.8% survives 2016 Q3 peak: 24,531

Declared off-road (SORN)1,752 · 11.9%
Disappearing per year6.9%
Projected 2030~10,258

Derivatives

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

Kia Carens vans1still reg.

By year

All 14,670 surviving Kia Carens cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 16,526 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 30.8% 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 built2001 → 2019
3,0001,5000
20012019
Point at a year for the numbers

On the road over time

Total Kia Carens cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

24,284
2000log scale2026: 13,598
Point at the line for a year

Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Kia Carens 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

1301cc to 1400cc1 cars · under 0.1%
1501cc to 1600cc2,661 cars · 18.1%
1601cc to 1700cc8,611 cars · 58.6%
1701cc to 1800cc260 cars · 1.7%
1901cc to 2000cc3,137 cars · 21.3%

Fuel

Diesel11,299 · 77.0%
Petrol3,359 · 22.8%
Gas12 · 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.