Rarity / Toyota / Celica

Toyota Celica: how many are still registered?

17,955still registered

Toyota Celica cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 29 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 59,875 (2005 Q4) - 29.9% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 6.0% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 13,175 in 2030.

9,565 of the survivors (53.2%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

29.9% survives 2005 Q4 peak: 59,875

Declared off-road (SORN)9,565 · 53.2%
Disappearing per year6.0%
Projected 2030~13,175

Derivatives

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

By year

All 17,955 surviving Toyota Celica cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 19,918 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 47.3% 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 built1974 → 2006
2,0001,0000
19742006
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On the road over time

Total Toyota Celica cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year, and at the latest quarter DfT has published.

29,93759,87559,875
19942026 Q2: 16,389
Point at the line for a year

Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Toyota Celica 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

1501cc to 1600cc203 cars · 1.1%
1701cc to 1800cc11,349 cars · 63.2%
1801cc to 1900cc148 cars · 0.8%
1901cc to 2000cc4,885 cars · 27.2%
2001cc to 2100cc1,086 cars · 6.0%
2701cc to 2800cc217 cars · 1.2%
Other sizes (16)67 cars · 0.3%

Fuel

Petrol17,915 · 99.7%
Other fuels (2)40 · 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.