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Mercedes-Benz 500 buses and coaches: how many are still registered?

7still registered

Mercedes-Benz 500 buses and coaches still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

Every bus or coach drawn here is one still on the register. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Mercedes-Benz 500 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is buses and coaches only.

Mercedes-Benz 500 cars4,070still reg.Mercedes-Benz 500 vans43still reg.Mercedes-Benz 500 lorries17still reg.

By year

All 7 surviving Mercedes-Benz 500 buses and coaches, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 2 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 77.7% 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 built1990 → 1996
420
1990199119921993199419951996
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mercedes-Benz 500 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 2300cc7 buses and coaches · 100%

Fuel

Diesel7 · 100%

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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.