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

43still registered

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

Every van 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 vans only.

Mercedes-Benz 500 cars4,070still reg.Mercedes-Benz 500 lorries17still reg.Mercedes-Benz 500 buses and coaches7still reg.

By year

All 43 surviving Mercedes-Benz 500 vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 1 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 97.5% 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 built1973 → 1995
1570
19731995
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On the road over time

Total Mercedes-Benz 500 vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

2
19941997: 1
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mercedes-Benz 500 vans 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 2300cc12 vans · 27.9%
2301cc to 2400cc8 vans · 18.6%
2401cc to 2500cc1 vans · 2.3%
2501cc to 2600cc1 vans · 2.3%
2801cc to 2900cc2 vans · 4.6%
3501cc to 3600cc1 vans · 2.3%
3601cc to 3700cc1 vans · 2.3%
3701cc to 3800cc11 vans · 25.5%
3801cc to 3900cc3 vans · 6.9%
3901cc to 4000cc1 vans · 2.3%
4001cc to 4100cc2 vans · 4.6%

Fuel

Diesel42 · 97.6%
Petrol1 · 2.3%

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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.