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

38,376still registered

Mercedes-Benz ML Class cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 77 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 64,335 (2015 Q3) - 59.6% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 6.0% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 28,162 in 2030.

11,529 of the survivors (30.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

59.6% survives 2015 Q3 peak: 64,335

Declared off-road (SORN)11,529 · 30.0%
Disappearing per year6.0%
Projected 2030~28,162

Derivatives

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

Mercedes-Benz ML Class vans116still reg.

By year

All 38,376 surviving Mercedes-Benz ML Class cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 28,714 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 55.0% 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 built1998 → 2015
5,0002,5000
19982015
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On the road over time

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

64,094
1998log scale2026: 35,677
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Engine size and fuel

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

2101cc to 2200cc7,533 cars · 19.6%
2601cc to 2700cc6,042 cars · 15.7%
2901cc to 3000cc20,025 cars · 52.1%
3101cc to 3200cc1,633 cars · 4.2%
3401cc to 3500cc305 cars · 0.7%
3701cc to 3800cc701 cars · 1.8%
3901cc to 4000cc427 cars · 1.1%
4201cc to 4300cc320 cars · 0.8%
4901cc to 5000cc458 cars · 1.1%
5401cc to 5500cc632 cars · 1.6%
6201cc to 6300cc240 cars · 0.6%
Other sizes (16)60 cars · 0.1%

Fuel

Diesel34,055 · 88.7%
Petrol4,132 · 10.7%
Other fuels (2)189 · 0.4%

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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.