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

223still registered

Mercedes-Benz V Class vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 22 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 226 (2026 Q2) - 98.6% of that peak survives.

39 of the survivors (17.4%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

98.6% survives 2026 Q2 peak: 226

Declared off-road (SORN)39 · 17.4%

Derivatives

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

Mercedes-Benz V Class cars14,081still reg.Mercedes-Benz V Class lorries1still reg.Mercedes-Benz V Class buses and coaches3still reg.

By year

All 223 surviving Mercedes-Benz V Class vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 15 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 80.5% 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 → 2024
50250
19972024
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On the road over time

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

226
1999log scale2026: 226
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Engine size and fuel

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

1901cc to 2000cc138 vans · 61.8%
2101cc to 2200cc67 vans · 30.0%
2201cc to 2300cc13 vans · 5.8%
2301cc to 2400cc1 vans · 0.4%
2701cc to 2800cc4 vans · 1.7%

Fuel

Diesel204 · 91.4%
Petrol15 · 6.7%
Gas4 · 1.7%

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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.