Rarity / Nissan / Primastar

Nissan Primastar: how many are still registered?

249still registered

Nissan Primastar cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 24 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 331 (2014 Q2) - 75.2% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 2.1% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 222 in 2030.

75 of the survivors (30.1%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

75.2% survives 2014 Q2 peak: 331

Declared off-road (SORN)75 · 30.1%
Disappearing per year2.1%
Projected 2030~222

Derivatives

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

By year

All 249 surviving Nissan Primastar cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 122 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 63.3% 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 built2003 → 2025
50250
20032025
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On the road over time

Total Nissan Primastar cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year, and at the latest quarter DfT has published.

163327327
20052026 Q2: 229
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Nissan Primastar 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

901cc to 1000cc3 cars · 1.2%
1501cc to 1600cc3 cars · 1.2%
1801cc to 1900cc30 cars · 12.0%
1901cc to 2000cc207 cars · 83.1%
3401cc to 3500cc3 cars · 1.2%
Other sizes (3)3 cars · 1.2%

Fuel

Diesel239 · 95.9%
Petrol7 · 2.8%
Hybrid Electric (petrol)3 · 1.2%

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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.