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Morris Minor: how many are still registered?

23,042still registered

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

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 25,347 (1996 Q4) - 90.9% of that peak survives.

8,450 of the survivors (36.6%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

90.9% survives 1996 Q4 peak: 25,347

Declared off-road (SORN)8,450 · 36.6%

Derivatives

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

Morris Minor vans518still reg.

By year

All 23,042 surviving Morris Minor cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 5,047 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1948 → 1972
5002500
19481972
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On the road over time

Total Morris Minor cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

25,347
1994log scale2026: 22,685
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Morris Minor 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

801cc to 900cc2,083 cars · 9.0%
901cc to 1000cc5,882 cars · 25.5%
1001cc to 1100cc13,852 cars · 60.1%
1101cc to 1200cc136 cars · 0.5%
1201cc to 1300cc613 cars · 2.6%
1301cc to 1400cc156 cars · 0.6%
Other sizes (35)299 cars · 1.2%

Fuel

Petrol23,022 · 99.9%
Other fuels (3)20 · 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.