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Mitsubishi Carisma: how many are still registered?

1,657still registered

Mitsubishi Carisma cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 48 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 40,714 (2004 Q4) - 4.0% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 13.7% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 792 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2029.

1,071 of the survivors (64.6%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

4.0% survives 2004 Q4 peak: 40,714

Declared off-road (SORN)1,071 · 64.6%
Disappearing per year13.7%
Projected 2030~792

Derivatives

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

Mitsubishi Carisma vans2still reg.

By year

All 1,657 surviving Mitsubishi Carisma cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 10,288 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 13.8% 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 built1996 → 2005
5002500
1996199719981999200020012002200320042005
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On the road over time

Total Mitsubishi Carisma cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

40,714
1995log scale2026: 1,450
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mitsubishi Carisma 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

1501cc to 1600cc700 cars · 42.2%
1801cc to 1900cc954 cars · 57.5%
Other sizes (2)3 cars · 0.1%

Fuel

Petrol1,122 · 67.7%
Diesel534 · 32.2%
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.