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

116still registered

Mercedes-Benz ML Class vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 26 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 359 (2008 Q3) - 32.3% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 8.2% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 74 in 2030.

69 of the survivors (59.4%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

32.3% survives 2008 Q3 peak: 359

Declared off-road (SORN)69 · 59.4%
Disappearing per year8.2%
Projected 2030~74

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 vans only.

Mercedes-Benz ML Class cars38,376still reg.

By year

All 116 surviving Mercedes-Benz ML Class vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 175 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 39.6% 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 → 2014
30150
19972014
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On the road over time

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

357
1998log scale2026: 104
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Engine size and fuel

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

2101cc to 2200cc2 vans · 1.7%
2601cc to 2700cc56 vans · 48.2%
2701cc to 2800cc4 vans · 3.4%
2901cc to 3000cc14 vans · 12.0%
3101cc to 3200cc24 vans · 20.6%
3201cc to 3300cc3 vans · 2.5%
3401cc to 3500cc2 vans · 1.7%
3701cc to 3800cc2 vans · 1.7%
4201cc to 4300cc2 vans · 1.7%
4901cc to 5000cc4 vans · 3.4%
5001cc to 5100cc1 vans · 0.8%
6301cc to 6400cc2 vans · 1.7%

Fuel

Diesel75 · 64.6%
Petrol37 · 31.8%
Gas4 · 3.4%

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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.