Rarity / Riley / ELF

Riley ELF: how many are still registered?

791still registered

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

315 of the survivors (39.8%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

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Declared off-road (SORN)315 · 39.8%

By year

All 791 surviving Riley ELF cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 198 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1961 → 1974
50250
19611962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974
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On the road over time

Total Riley ELF cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

738
1994log scale2026: 732
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Riley ELF 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 900cc39 cars · 4.9%
901cc to 1000cc684 cars · 86.5%
1001cc to 1100cc12 cars · 1.5%
1101cc to 1200cc5 cars · 0.6%
1201cc to 1300cc44 cars · 5.5%
Other sizes (4)6 cars · 0.7%

Fuel

Petrol791 · 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.