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Opel City: how many are still registered?

4still registered

Opel City cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 2 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 279 (1994 Q4) - 1.4% of that peak survives.

4 of the survivors (100%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

1.4% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 279

Declared off-road (SORN)4 · 100%

By year

Cars joining a UK register each year, and how many of that year's arrivals are still registered now (the darker part of each bar). For an import this is the year it arrived, not the year it was built.

First registered2001 → 2003
210
200120022003
Arrived that yearOf those, still registered
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On the road over time

Total Opel City cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

279
1994log scale2026: 4
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Opel City 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 1200cc4 cars · 100%

Fuel

Petrol4 · 100%

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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.