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

60,176still registered

Mercedes-Benz SLK Class cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 56 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 71,528 (2016 Q2) - 84.1% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 2.7% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 52,477 in 2030.

10,537 of the survivors (17.5%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

84.1% survives 2016 Q2 peak: 71,528

Declared off-road (SORN)10,537 · 17.5%
Disappearing per year2.7%
Projected 2030~52,477

Derivatives

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

Mercedes-Benz SLK Class vans1still reg.Mercedes-Benz SLK Class buses and coaches1still reg.

By year

All 60,176 surviving Mercedes-Benz SLK Class cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 12,824 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 80.8% 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 → 2016
6,0003,0000
19962016
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On the road over time

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

71,479
1996log scale2026: 57,837
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mercedes-Benz SLK 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 1800cc21,909 cars · 36.4%
1901cc to 2000cc4,023 cars · 6.6%
2101cc to 2200cc13,310 cars · 22.1%
2201cc to 2300cc8,558 cars · 14.2%
2901cc to 3000cc3,888 cars · 6.4%
3101cc to 3200cc2,383 cars · 3.9%
3401cc to 3500cc4,640 cars · 7.7%
5401cc to 5500cc1,189 cars · 1.9%
Other sizes (23)276 cars · 0.4%

Fuel

Petrol46,840 · 77.8%
Diesel13,317 · 22.1%
Gas19 · 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.