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Mitsubishi Lancer: how many are still registered?

10,747still registered

Mitsubishi Lancer cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 68 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 21,375 (2011 Q3) - 50.2% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 7.1% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 7,434 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2058.

3,861 of the survivors (35.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

50.2% survives 2011 Q3 peak: 21,375

Declared off-road (SORN)3,861 · 35.9%
Disappearing per year7.1%
Projected 2030~7,434

Derivatives

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

Mitsubishi Lancer vans18still reg.

By year

All 10,747 surviving Mitsubishi Lancer cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 9,197 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 53.8% 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 built1991 → 2014
2,0001,0000
19912014
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On the road over time

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

21,225
1994log scale2026: 9,769
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mitsubishi Lancer 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

1401cc to 1500cc636 cars · 5.9%
1501cc to 1600cc2,644 cars · 24.6%
1701cc to 1800cc1,091 cars · 10.1%
1901cc to 2000cc5,850 cars · 54.4%
2001cc to 2100cc508 cars · 4.7%
Other sizes (7)18 cars · 0.1%

Fuel

Petrol8,764 · 81.5%
Diesel1,959 · 18.2%
Gas24 · 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.