MG MGB: how many are still registered?

38,356still registered

MG MGB cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 3 recorded variants.

One car drawn per 100 on the road - there are too many left to draw one each. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the MG MGB nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

MG MGB vans4still reg.MG MGB motorcycles1still reg.

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By year

All 38,356 surviving MG MGB cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 21,832 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1963 → 1982

4,0002,0000

19631982

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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving MG MGB 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 1800cc34,601 cars · 90.2%

1801cc to 1900cc866 cars · 2.2%

1901cc to 2000cc579 cars · 1.5%

3501cc to 3600cc1,837 cars · 4.7%

Other sizes (37)467 cars · 1.2%

Fuel

Petrol38,334 · 99.9%

Other fuels (4)22 · 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.