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Mercedes-Benz 500 lorries: how many are still registered?

17still registered

Mercedes-Benz 500 lorries still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 2 recorded variants.

Every lorry 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 lorries only.

Mercedes-Benz 500 cars4,070still reg.Mercedes-Benz 500 vans43still reg.Mercedes-Benz 500 buses and coaches7still reg.

By year

All 17 surviving Mercedes-Benz 500 lorries, 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 87.5% 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 built1981 → 1994
420
19811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mercedes-Benz 500 lorries 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 2300cc5 lorries · 31.2%
2301cc to 2400cc1 lorries · 6.2%
3701cc to 3800cc7 lorries · 43.7%
3801cc to 3900cc1 lorries · 6.2%
3901cc to 4000cc2 lorries · 12.5%

Fuel

Diesel17 · 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.