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Mitsubishi Challenger: how many are still registered?

387still registered

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

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 1,651 (2004 Q4) - 23.4% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 7.6% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 257 in 2030.

300 of the survivors (77.5%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

23.4% survives 2004 Q4 peak: 1,651

Declared off-road (SORN)300 · 77.5%
Disappearing per year7.6%
Projected 2030~257

Derivatives

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

Mitsubishi Challenger vans11still reg.Mitsubishi Challenger buses and coaches0still reg.

By year

All 387 surviving Mitsubishi Challenger cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 675 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 36.3% 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 → 2000
3001500
19961997199819992000
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On the road over time

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

1,651
1998log scale2026: 344
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mitsubishi Challenger 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

2401cc to 2500cc275 cars · 71.0%
2501cc to 2600cc2 cars · 0.5%
2801cc to 2900cc25 cars · 6.4%
2901cc to 3000cc82 cars · 21.1%
3001cc to 3100cc3 cars · 0.7%

Fuel

Diesel294 · 75.9%
Petrol92 · 23.7%
Gas1 · 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.