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Rover 3 Litre: how many are still registered?

443still registered

Rover 3 Litre cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 1 recorded variant.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 465 (1996 Q4) - 95.2% of that peak survives.

156 of the survivors (35.2%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

95.2% survives 1996 Q4 peak: 465

Declared off-road (SORN)156 · 35.2%

By year

All 443 surviving Rover 3 Litre cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 80 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1959 → 1972
20100
19591960196119621963196419651966196719681969197019711972
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On the road over time

Total Rover 3 Litre cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

465
19942026: 440
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Rover 3 Litre 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

1901cc to 2000cc3 cars · 0.6%
2201cc to 2300cc3 cars · 0.6%
2901cc to 3000cc417 cars · 94.1%
3001cc to 3100cc12 cars · 2.7%
3501cc to 3600cc4 cars · 0.9%
Other sizes (2)4 cars · 0.9%

Fuel

Petrol439 · 99.0%
Diesel3 · 0.6%
Gas1 · 0.2%

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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.