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Smart Forfour: how many are still registered?

25,223still registered

Smart Forfour cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 142 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 26,978 (2019 Q3) - 93.4% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 1.5% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 23,384 in 2030.

1,358 of the survivors (5.3%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

93.4% survives 2019 Q3 peak: 26,978

Declared off-road (SORN)1,358 · 5.3%
Disappearing per year1.5%
Projected 2030~23,384

By year

All 25,223 surviving Smart Forfour cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 5,623 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 32.0% 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 built2004 → 2022
6,0003,0000
20042022
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On the road over time

Total Smart Forfour cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

26,953
2004log scale2026: 24,761
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Smart Forfour 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 900cc7,220 cars · 31.2%
901cc to 1000cc13,240 cars · 57.2%
1101cc to 1200cc1,070 cars · 4.6%
1301cc to 1400cc706 cars · 3.0%
1401cc to 1500cc875 cars · 3.7%
Other sizes (2)2 cars · under 0.1%

Fuel

Petrol22,760 · 90.2%
Battery Electric2,110 · 8.3%
Diesel339 · 1.3%
Gas14 · under 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.