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Mercedes-Benz Vito buses and coaches: how many are still registered?

307still registered

Mercedes-Benz Vito buses and coaches still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 55 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 711 (2008 Q3) - 43.1% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 5.9% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 224 in 2030.

163 of the survivors (53.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

43.1% survives 2008 Q3 peak: 711

Declared off-road (SORN)163 · 53.0%
Disappearing per year5.9%
Projected 2030~224

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Mercedes-Benz Vito nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is buses and coaches only.

Mercedes-Benz Vito cars14,204still reg.Mercedes-Benz Vito vans96,669still reg.Mercedes-Benz Vito lorries1still reg.

By year

All 307 surviving Mercedes-Benz Vito buses and coaches, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 269 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 48.6% 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 → 2021
30150
19972021
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On the road over time

Total Mercedes-Benz Vito buses and coaches registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

697
1997log scale2026: 299
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mercedes-Benz Vito buses and coaches 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

1501cc to 1600cc3 buses and coaches · 0.9%
1901cc to 2000cc9 buses and coaches · 2.9%
2101cc to 2200cc257 buses and coaches · 83.7%
2201cc to 2300cc31 buses and coaches · 10.0%
2901cc to 3000cc5 buses and coaches · 1.6%
Other sizes (2)2 buses and coaches · 0.6%

Fuel

Diesel299 · 97.3%
Petrol8 · 2.6%

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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.