Rarity / MG / Roadster

MG Roadster: how many are still registered?

1,389still registered

MG Roadster cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

291 of the survivors (20.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

One car drawn per 10 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)291 · 20.9%

Derivatives

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

MG Roadster vans1still reg.

By year

All 1,389 surviving MG Roadster cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 1,257 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1963 → 2002
100500
19632002
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On the road over time

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

1,368
19942026: 1,368
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving MG Roadster 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

1201cc to 1300cc28 cars · 2.0%
1401cc to 1500cc67 cars · 4.8%
1501cc to 1600cc152 cars · 10.9%
1601cc to 1700cc85 cars · 6.1%
1701cc to 1800cc545 cars · 39.2%
1801cc to 1900cc356 cars · 25.6%
1901cc to 2000cc36 cars · 2.5%
2901cc to 3000cc61 cars · 4.3%
3001cc to 3100cc8 cars · 0.5%
3501cc to 3600cc27 cars · 1.9%
3901cc to 4000cc7 cars · 0.5%
Other sizes (10)17 cars · 1.2%

Fuel

Petrol1,388 · 99.9%
Gas1 · 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.