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Reliant Rebel: how many are still registered?

90still registered

Reliant Rebel cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 4 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 91 (2024 Q2) - 98.9% of that peak survives.

51 of the survivors (56.6%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

98.9% survives 2024 Q2 peak: 91

Declared off-road (SORN)51 · 56.6%

Derivatives

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

Reliant Rebel vans16still reg.

By year

All 90 surviving Reliant Rebel cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 34 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1965 → 1973
1050
196519661967196819691970197119721973
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On the road over time

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

90
1994log scale2026: 90
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Reliant Rebel 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

501cc to 600cc8 cars · 8.8%
601cc to 700cc9 cars · 10.0%
701cc to 800cc51 cars · 56.6%
801cc to 900cc16 cars · 17.7%
901cc to 1000cc1 cars · 1.1%
1201cc to 1300cc1 cars · 1.1%
1301cc to 1400cc2 cars · 2.2%
1801cc to 1900cc1 cars · 1.1%
2001cc to 2100cc1 cars · 1.1%

Fuel

Petrol88 · 97.7%
Diesel2 · 2.2%

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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.