Piaggio APE vans: how many are still registered?
48still registered
Piaggio APE vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 7 recorded variants.
Most recorded on UK roads at once: 50 (2024 Q2) - 96.0% of that peak survives.
34 of the survivors (70.8%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.
96.0% survives 2024 Q2 peak: 50
Every van drawn here is one still on the register. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.
Derivatives
DVLA also registers other body types under the Piaggio APE nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is vans only.
By year
All 48 surviving Piaggio APE vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time.
Vans 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.
On the road over time
Total Piaggio APE vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.
Engine size and fuel
What is on the road now: the surviving Piaggio APE 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
Fuel
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