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

254,009still registered

Mercedes-Benz E Class cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 541 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 275,741 (2021 Q2) - 92.1% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 2.3% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 226,109 in 2030.

40,539 of the survivors (15.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

92.1% survives 2021 Q2 peak: 275,741

Declared off-road (SORN)40,539 · 15.9%
Disappearing per year2.3%
Projected 2030~226,109

Derivatives

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

Mercedes-Benz E Class vans9still reg.Mercedes-Benz E Class lorries1still reg.

By year

All 254,009 surviving Mercedes-Benz E Class cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 90,995 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 59.4% 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 built1993 → 2025
30,00015,0000
19932025
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On the road over time

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

274,212
1994log scale2026: 242,510
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mercedes-Benz E 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 1800cc4,684 cars · 1.8%
1901cc to 2000cc84,902 cars · 33.4%
2101cc to 2200cc93,465 cars · 36.7%
2501cc to 2600cc1,803 cars · 0.7%
2601cc to 2700cc3,247 cars · 1.2%
2901cc to 3000cc49,075 cars · 19.3%
3101cc to 3200cc2,620 cars · 1.0%
3201cc to 3300cc6,886 cars · 2.7%
3401cc to 3500cc1,835 cars · 0.7%
5401cc to 5500cc1,559 cars · 0.6%
Other sizes (42)3,932 cars · 1.5%

Fuel

Diesel208,462 · 82.0%
Petrol29,900 · 11.7%
Hybrid Electric (diesel)5,888 · 2.3%
Hybrid Electric (petrol)4,208 · 1.6%
Plug-in Hybrid Electric (diesel)2,982 · 1.1%
Plug-in Hybrid Electric (petrol)2,465 · 0.9%
Gas104 · 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.