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Rover 400 Series: how many are still registered?

4,268still registered

Rover 400 Series cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 70 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 359,592 (1999 Q4) - 1.1% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 5.8% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 3,164 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2050.

3,526 of the survivors (82.6%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

1.1% survives 1999 Q4 peak: 359,592

Declared off-road (SORN)3,526 · 82.6%
Disappearing per year5.8%
Projected 2030~3,164

By year

All 4,268 surviving Rover 400 Series cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 12,731 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 25.0% 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 built1990 → 2000
1,0005000
19901991199219931994199519961997199819992000
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On the road over time

Total Rover 400 Series cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

359,592
1994log scale2026: 3,998
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Rover 400 Series 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

1301cc to 1400cc985 cars · 23.0%
1501cc to 1600cc1,834 cars · 42.9%
1701cc to 1800cc226 cars · 5.2%
1901cc to 2000cc1,212 cars · 28.4%
Other sizes (4)10 cars · 0.2%

Fuel

Petrol3,275 · 76.7%
Diesel987 · 23.1%
Other fuels (2)6 · 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.