Rarity / Lada / Riva

Lada Riva: how many are still registered?

276still registered

Lada Riva cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 13 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 74,757 (1994 Q4) - 0.3% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 0.6% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 266 in 2030.

223 of the survivors (80.7%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

0.3% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 74,757

Declared off-road (SORN)223 · 80.7%
Disappearing per year0.6%
Projected 2030~266

By year

All 276 surviving Lada Riva cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time.

Year built1972 → 2004
40200
19722004
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On the road over time

Total Lada Riva cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

74,757
1994log scale2026: 262
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Lada Riva 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

1101cc to 1200cc28 cars · 10.1%
1201cc to 1300cc71 cars · 25.7%
1301cc to 1400cc3 cars · 1.0%
1401cc to 1500cc159 cars · 57.6%
1501cc to 1600cc11 cars · 3.9%
1601cc to 1700cc2 cars · 0.7%
Other sizes (2)2 cars · 0.7%

Fuel

Petrol276 · 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.