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Toyota Carina: how many are still registered?

3,158still registered

Toyota Carina cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 63 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 170,155 (1997 Q4) - 1.8% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 7.8% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 2,102 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2040.

1,889 of the survivors (59.8%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

1.8% survives 1997 Q4 peak: 170,155

Declared off-road (SORN)1,889 · 59.8%
Disappearing per year7.8%
Projected 2030~2,102

Derivatives

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

Toyota Carina vans6still reg.

By year

All 3,158 surviving Toyota Carina cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 7,916 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 28.2% 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 built1980 → 2019
8004000
19802019
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On the road over time

Total Toyota Carina cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

170,155
1994log scale2026: 2,393
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Toyota Carina 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

901cc to 1000cc46 cars · 1.4%
1501cc to 1600cc1,244 cars · 39.3%
1601cc to 1700cc23 cars · 0.7%
1701cc to 1800cc815 cars · 25.8%
1901cc to 2000cc975 cars · 30.8%
2001cc to 2100cc28 cars · 0.8%
Other sizes (7)27 cars · 0.8%

Fuel

Petrol2,631 · 83.3%
Diesel521 · 16.4%
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.