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Kia Mentor: how many are still registered?

73still registered

Kia Mentor cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 21 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 7,236 (2002 Q4) - 1.0% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 9.9% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 41 in 2030.

63 of the survivors (86.3%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

1.0% survives 2002 Q4 peak: 7,236

Declared off-road (SORN)63 · 86.3%
Disappearing per year9.9%
Projected 2030~41

By year

All 73 surviving Kia Mentor cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 461 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 13.6% 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 → 2004
1570
19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004
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On the road over time

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

7,236
1994log scale2026: 67
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Kia Mentor 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 1500cc44 cars · 60.2%
1501cc to 1600cc29 cars · 39.7%

Fuel

Petrol73 · 100%

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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.