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Leyland Cars Mini: how many are still registered?

3,028still registered

Leyland Cars Mini cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 9 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 21,215 (1994 Q4) - 14.2% of that peak survives.

The decline has levelled off - survivor numbers have held steady over the last five years.

1,710 of the survivors (56.4%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

14.2% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 21,215

Declared off-road (SORN)1,710 · 56.4%

Derivatives

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

Leyland Cars Mini vans368still reg.

By year

All 3,028 surviving Leyland Cars Mini cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 2,768 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1970 → 1983
1,0005000
19701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983
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On the road over time

Total Leyland Cars Mini cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

21,215
1994log scale2026: 2,947
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Leyland Cars Mini 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

801cc to 900cc274 cars · 9.0%
901cc to 1000cc1,204 cars · 39.7%
1001cc to 1100cc696 cars · 22.9%
1201cc to 1300cc729 cars · 24.0%
1301cc to 1400cc78 cars · 2.5%
Other sizes (11)46 cars · 1.5%

Fuel

Petrol3,026 · 99.9%
Other fuels (2)2 · 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.