Rarity / Rover / Vitesse

Rover Vitesse: how many are still registered?

200still registered

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

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 9,909 (1996 Q4) - 2.0% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 0.5% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 195 in 2030.

180 of the survivors (90.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

2.0% survives 1996 Q4 peak: 9,909

Declared off-road (SORN)180 · 90.0%
Disappearing per year0.5%
Projected 2030~195

By year

All 200 surviving Rover Vitesse cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 36 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 84.6% 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 built1977 → 1998
40200
19771998
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On the road over time

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

9,909
1994log scale2026: 195
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Rover Vitesse 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 2000cc123 cars · 61.5%
2601cc to 2700cc75 cars · 37.5%
3501cc to 3600cc2 cars · 1.0%

Fuel

Petrol199 · 99.5%
Diesel1 · 0.5%

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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.