Lotus Elite: how many are still registered?
555still registered
Lotus Elite cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.
250 of the survivors (45.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.
Every car drawn here is one still on the register. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.
By year
All 555 surviving Lotus Elite cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 443 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.
Cars joining a UK register each year, and how many of that year's arrivals are still registered now (the darker part of each bar). For an import this is the year it arrived, not the year it was built. DVLA's first-registration series starts in 2001, well after the Lotus Elite was being sold new, so these are almost entirely imports rather than the car's original sales.
On the road over time
Total Lotus Elite cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.
Engine size and fuel
What is on the road now: the surviving Lotus Elite 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
Fuel
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Check a reg freeSource: 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.