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Mercedes-Benz CL Class: how many are still registered?

3,908still registered

Mercedes-Benz CL Class cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 14 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 5,308 (2011 Q2) - 73.6% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 3.2% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 3,318 in 2030.

1,756 of the survivors (44.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

73.6% survives 2011 Q2 peak: 5,308

Declared off-road (SORN)1,756 · 44.9%
Disappearing per year3.2%
Projected 2030~3,318

Derivatives

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

Mercedes-Benz CL Class buses and coaches1still reg.

By year

All 3,908 surviving Mercedes-Benz CL Class cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 1,280 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 75.3% 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 built1996 → 2014
6003000
19962014
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On the road over time

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

5,302
1996log scale2026: 3,757
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Engine size and fuel

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

1701cc to 1800cc35 cars · 0.8%
4101cc to 4200cc116 cars · 2.9%
4601cc to 4700cc370 cars · 9.4%
4901cc to 5000cc1,572 cars · 40.2%
5401cc to 5500cc1,117 cars · 28.5%
5501cc to 5600cc220 cars · 5.6%
5701cc to 5800cc125 cars · 3.1%
5901cc to 6000cc99 cars · 2.5%
6201cc to 6300cc218 cars · 5.5%
Other sizes (10)36 cars · 0.9%

Fuel

Petrol3,887 · 99.4%
Gas20 · 0.5%
Diesel1 · under 0.1%

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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.