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

3,680still registered

Mercedes-Benz GL Class cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 10 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 4,543 (2016 Q1) - 81.0% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 2.8% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 3,190 in 2030.

810 of the survivors (22.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

81.0% survives 2016 Q1 peak: 4,543

Declared off-road (SORN)810 · 22.0%
Disappearing per year2.8%
Projected 2030~3,190

Derivatives

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

Mercedes-Benz GL Class vans4still reg.

By year

All 3,680 surviving Mercedes-Benz GL Class cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 1,065 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 72.7% 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 built2006 → 2016
8004000
20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016
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On the road over time

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

4,527
2006log scale2026: 3,531
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mercedes-Benz GL 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

2901cc to 3000cc2,894 cars · 78.6%
3901cc to 4000cc498 cars · 13.5%
5401cc to 5500cc283 cars · 7.6%
Other sizes (4)5 cars · 0.1%

Fuel

Diesel3,389 · 92.0%
Petrol288 · 7.8%
Gas3 · 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.