Rarity / MCC / Smart

MCC Smart: how many are still registered?

5,089still registered

MCC Smart cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 29 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 16,223 (2004 Q4) - 31.3% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 8.5% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 3,261 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2044.

3,162 of the survivors (62.1%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

31.3% survives 2004 Q4 peak: 16,223

Declared off-road (SORN)3,162 · 62.1%
Disappearing per year8.5%
Projected 2030~3,261

Derivatives

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

MCC Smart vans3still reg.MCC Smart motorcycles1still reg.

By year

All 5,089 surviving MCC Smart cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 6,747 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 42.9% of the 2014 figure. That is the earliest real count of the same cars: DVLA publishes no production figures, so nothing here is a count of how many were built.

Year built2000 → 2006
3,0001,5000
2000200120022003200420052006
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On the road over time

Total MCC Smart cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

16,223
2000log scale2026: 4,794
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving MCC Smart 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

501cc to 600cc4,042 cars · 79.4%
601cc to 700cc1,024 cars · 20.1%
Other sizes (5)22 cars · 0.4%

Fuel

Petrol5,069 · 99.6%
Other fuels (3)20 · 0.3%

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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.