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Reliant Kitten: how many are still registered?

395still registered

Reliant Kitten cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 3 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 1,024 (1994 Q4) - 38.5% of that peak survives.

The decline has levelled off - survivor numbers have held steady over the last five years.

224 of the survivors (56.7%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

38.5% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 1,024

Declared off-road (SORN)224 · 56.7%

Derivatives

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

Reliant Kitten vans47still reg.

By year

All 395 surviving Reliant Kitten cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time.

Year built1975 → 1983
2001000
197519761977197819791980198119821983
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On the road over time

Total Reliant Kitten cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

1,024
1994log scale2026: 391
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Reliant Kitten 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

801cc to 900cc379 cars · 96.4%
901cc to 1000cc5 cars · 1.2%
1501cc to 1600cc2 cars · 0.5%
Other sizes (7)7 cars · 1.7%

Fuel

Petrol393 · 99.4%
Battery Electric2 · 0.5%

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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.