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Microcar MC1: how many are still registered?

402still registered

Microcar MC1 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 4 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 1,387 (2009 Q4) - 28.9% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 7.1% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 276 in 2030.

309 of the survivors (76.8%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

28.9% survives 2009 Q4 peak: 1,387

Declared off-road (SORN)309 · 76.8%
Disappearing per year7.1%
Projected 2030~276

By year

All 402 surviving Microcar MC1 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 639 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 38.6% 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 built2004 → 2009
80400
200420052006200720082009
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On the road over time

Total Microcar MC1 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

1,387
2004log scale2026: 372
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Microcar MC1 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

501cc to 600cc402 cars · 100%

Fuel

Petrol401 · 99.7%
Diesel1 · 0.2%

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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.