Rarity / Land Rover / 88

Land Rover 88: how many are still registered?

1,258still registered

Land Rover 88 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 3 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 1,909 (1994 Q4) - 65.8% of that peak survives.

578 of the survivors (45.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

65.8% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 1,909

Declared off-road (SORN)578 · 45.9%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Land Rover 88 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Land Rover 88 vans18,459still reg.Land Rover 88 lorries22still reg.Land Rover 88 buses and coaches6still reg.

By year

All 1,258 surviving Land Rover 88 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 1,025 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1965 → 2004
2001000
19652004
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On the road over time

Total Land Rover 88 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

1,909
1994log scale2026: 1,246
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Land Rover 88 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

1901cc to 2000cc8 cars · 0.6%
2201cc to 2300cc1,106 cars · 87.9%
2301cc to 2400cc7 cars · 0.5%
2401cc to 2500cc44 cars · 3.5%
2501cc to 2600cc34 cars · 2.7%
3501cc to 3600cc21 cars · 1.6%
Other sizes (16)37 cars · 2.9%

Fuel

Petrol892 · 70.9%
Diesel358 · 28.4%
Gas8 · 0.6%

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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.