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Rover 25: how many are still registered?

8,662still registered

Rover 25 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 55 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 151,539 (2005 Q4) - 5.7% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 11.8% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 4,621 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2043.

6,032 of the survivors (69.6%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

5.7% survives 2005 Q4 peak: 151,539

Declared off-road (SORN)6,032 · 69.6%
Disappearing per year11.8%
Projected 2030~4,621

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Rover 25 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Rover 25 vans126still reg.

By year

All 8,662 surviving Rover 25 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 57,550 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 13.0% 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 built1999 → 2006
2,0001,0000
19992000200120022003200420052006
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On the road over time

Total Rover 25 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

151,539
1999log scale2026: 7,874
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Rover 25 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

1101cc to 1200cc87 cars · 1.0%
1301cc to 1400cc6,251 cars · 72.1%
1501cc to 1600cc1,180 cars · 13.6%
1701cc to 1800cc223 cars · 2.5%
1901cc to 2000cc912 cars · 10.5%
Other sizes (6)9 cars · 0.1%

Fuel

Petrol7,743 · 89.3%
Diesel910 · 10.5%
Gas9 · 0.1%

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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.