Rarity / Proton / GLS

Proton GLS: how many are still registered?

69still registered

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

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 17,028 (1996 Q4) - 0.4% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 4.1% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 54 in 2030.

60 of the survivors (86.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

0.4% survives 1996 Q4 peak: 17,028

Declared off-road (SORN)60 · 86.9%
Disappearing per year4.1%
Projected 2030~54

Derivatives

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

Proton GLS motorcycles1still reg.

By year

All 69 surviving Proton GLS cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 155 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 30.8% 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 built1989 → 1996
20100
19891990199119921993199419951996
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On the road over time

Total Proton GLS cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

17,028
1994log scale2026: 66
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Proton GLS 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

1201cc to 1300cc38 cars · 55.0%
1401cc to 1500cc31 cars · 44.9%

Fuel

Petrol69 · 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.