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Mercedes-Benz 200: how many are still registered?

12,941still registered

Mercedes-Benz 200 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 130 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 89,448 (1994 Q4) - 14.4% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 0.9% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 12,366 in 2030.

6,539 of the survivors (50.5%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

14.4% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 89,448

Declared off-road (SORN)6,539 · 50.5%
Disappearing per year0.9%
Projected 2030~12,366

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Mercedes-Benz 200 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Mercedes-Benz 200 vans1,451still reg.Mercedes-Benz 200 motorcycles1still reg.Mercedes-Benz 200 lorries8still reg.Mercedes-Benz 200 buses and coaches29still reg.

By year

All 12,941 surviving Mercedes-Benz 200 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 11,214 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars. Across every year, 1,549 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 87.8% 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 built1983 → 2005
1,5007500
19832005
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On the road over time

Total Mercedes-Benz 200 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

89,448
1994log scale2026: 12,633
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mercedes-Benz 200 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 2000cc1,250 cars · 9.6%
2001cc to 2100cc69 cars · 0.5%
2101cc to 2200cc775 cars · 5.9%
2201cc to 2300cc3,127 cars · 24.1%
2301cc to 2400cc1,164 cars · 8.9%
2401cc to 2500cc848 cars · 6.5%
2501cc to 2600cc649 cars · 5.0%
2701cc to 2800cc4,181 cars · 32.3%
2801cc to 2900cc354 cars · 2.7%
2901cc to 3000cc81 cars · 0.6%
3401cc to 3500cc206 cars · 1.5%
Other sizes (34)234 cars · 1.8%

Fuel

Petrol11,926 · 92.1%
Diesel989 · 7.6%
Other fuels (2)26 · 0.2%

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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.