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Mercedes-Benz C Class vans: how many are still registered?

61still registered

Mercedes-Benz C Class vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 49 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 215 (2005 Q4) - 28.3% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 10.5% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 33 in 2030.

21 of the survivors (34.4%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

28.3% survives 2005 Q4 peak: 215

Declared off-road (SORN)21 · 34.4%
Disappearing per year10.5%
Projected 2030~33

Derivatives

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

Mercedes-Benz C Class cars391,733still reg.Mercedes-Benz C Class lorries1still reg.Mercedes-Benz C Class buses and coaches4still reg.

By year

All 61 surviving Mercedes-Benz C Class vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 100 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 27.0% 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 built1997 → 2019
1050
19972019
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On the road over time

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

215
1994log scale2026: 56
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mercedes-Benz C Class 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

1401cc to 1500cc1 vans · 1.6%
1701cc to 1800cc2 vans · 3.2%
1901cc to 2000cc1 vans · 1.6%
2101cc to 2200cc53 vans · 86.8%
2401cc to 2500cc2 vans · 3.2%
2901cc to 3000cc1 vans · 1.6%
3101cc to 3200cc1 vans · 1.6%

Fuel

Diesel57 · 93.4%
Petrol4 · 6.5%

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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.