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Nissan Vanette vans: how many are still registered?

1,436still registered

Nissan Vanette vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 9 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 25,432 (2001 Q4) - 5.6% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 7.8% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 954 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2030.

1,166 of the survivors (81.1%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

5.6% survives 2001 Q4 peak: 25,432

Declared off-road (SORN)1,166 · 81.1%
Disappearing per year7.8%
Projected 2030~954

Derivatives

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

Nissan Vanette cars11still reg.Nissan Vanette buses and coaches2still reg.

By year

All 1,436 surviving Nissan Vanette vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 3,755 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 27.6% 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 built1986 → 2004
3001500
19862004
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On the road over time

Total Nissan Vanette vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

25,432
1994log scale2026: 1,324
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Nissan Vanette vans 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 1500cc99 vans · 6.8%
1901cc to 2000cc119 vans · 8.2%
2201cc to 2300cc1,127 vans · 78.4%
2301cc to 2400cc79 vans · 5.5%
Other sizes (5)12 vans · 0.8%

Fuel

Diesel1,326 · 92.3%
Petrol110 · 7.6%

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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.