Rarity / Land Rover / 88 / Buses and coaches

Land Rover 88 buses and coaches: how many are still registered?

6still registered

Land Rover 88 buses and coaches still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 8 (1998 Q4) - 75.0% of that peak survives.

2 of the survivors (33.3%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

75.0% survives 1998 Q4 peak: 8

Declared off-road (SORN)2 · 33.3%

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 buses and coaches only.

Land Rover 88 cars1,258still reg.Land Rover 88 vans18,459still reg.Land Rover 88 lorries22still reg.

By year

All 6 surviving Land Rover 88 buses and coaches, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 3 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1971 → 1983
210
1971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983
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On the road over time

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

8
19942026: 6
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Land Rover 88 buses and coaches 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

2201cc to 2300cc4 buses and coaches · 100%

Fuel

Petrol5 · 83.3%
Diesel1 · 16.6%

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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.