Rarity / MG / Midget

MG Midget: how many are still registered?

15,270still registered

MG Midget cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 2 recorded variants.

5,805 of the survivors (38.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

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.

Declared off-road (SORN)5,805 · 38.0%

Derivatives

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

MG Midget vans1still reg.

By year

All 15,270 surviving MG Midget cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 9,201 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1961 → 1981
1,5007500
19611981
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On the road over time

Total MG Midget cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

14,827
19942026: 14,827
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving MG Midget 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

801cc to 900cc274 cars · 1.7%
901cc to 1000cc234 cars · 1.5%
1001cc to 1100cc1,095 cars · 7.1%
1101cc to 1200cc83 cars · 0.5%
1201cc to 1300cc6,688 cars · 43.8%
1301cc to 1400cc99 cars · 0.6%
1401cc to 1500cc6,528 cars · 42.7%
1501cc to 1600cc141 cars · 0.9%
Other sizes (15)118 cars · 0.7%

Fuel

Petrol15,266 · 99.9%
Other fuels (2)4 · 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.