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Mitsubishi Colt: how many are still registered?

21,910still registered

Mitsubishi Colt cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 62 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 54,692 (2011 Q1) - 40.0% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 9.7% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 13,153 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2056.

3,904 of the survivors (17.8%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

40.0% survives 2011 Q1 peak: 54,692

Declared off-road (SORN)3,904 · 17.8%
Disappearing per year9.7%
Projected 2030~13,153

Derivatives

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

Mitsubishi Colt vans3still reg.Mitsubishi Colt lorries7still reg.

By year

All 21,910 surviving Mitsubishi Colt cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 29,407 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 42.6% 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 built1993 → 2013
4,0002,0000
19932013
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On the road over time

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

54,416
1994log scale2026: 19,932
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mitsubishi Colt 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

1101cc to 1200cc7,366 cars · 33.6%
1201cc to 1300cc500 cars · 2.2%
1301cc to 1400cc9,214 cars · 42.0%
1401cc to 1500cc4,285 cars · 19.5%
1501cc to 1600cc487 cars · 2.2%
Other sizes (5)58 cars · 0.2%

Fuel

Petrol20,350 · 92.8%
Diesel1,555 · 7.0%
Gas5 · 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.