MERCEDES

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HOW MANY MERCEDES ARE LEFT?

There are 2,223,169 MERCEDES left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 311,422 MERCEDES that are currently SORNED.

There are currently more MERCEDES, in total, than ever before. The number taxed topped out in 2025 Q2 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2025 Q1.

In the last 10 years the total number of MERCEDES has gained 874,882. Licensed models have increased by 661,282 and the SORNed total has increased by 213,600.

The 5 year trend shows an overall increase of 269,708 MERCEDES models. Taxed models have grown by 193,664 and the SORNed total has increased by 76,044.

88% of the surviving 2,534,591 MERCEDES in the UK are still on the road.

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HOW MANY MERCEDES ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1994 Q4386,1250386,125386,125
1995 Q4408,7650408,76522,640
1996 Q4445,4650445,46536,700
1997 Q4490,4240490,42444,959
1998 Q4549,8750549,87559,451
1999 Q4625,2620625,26275,387
2000 Q4693,7680693,76868,506
2001 Q4774,8330774,83381,065
2002 Q4859,0590859,05984,226
2003 Q4949,7260949,72690,667
2004 Q41,030,71001,030,71080,984
2005 Q41,096,64801,096,64865,938
2006 Q41,147,29601,147,29650,648
2007 Q41,199,14750,4961,249,643102,347
2008 Q31,234,76850,8171,285,58535,942
2008 Q41,231,43458,5411,289,9754,390
2009 Q11,238,31559,6711,297,9868,011
2009 Q21,251,87455,2181,307,0929,106
2009 Q31,258,54554,7641,313,3096,217
2009 Q41,260,12259,1901,319,3126,003
2010 Q11,264,69660,8301,325,5266,214
2010 Q21,280,21456,4831,336,69711,171
2010 Q31,290,75757,9921,348,74912,052
2010 Q41,284,63165,4851,350,1161,367
2011 Q11,292,33567,2601,359,5959,479
2011 Q21,304,27063,9891,368,2598,664
2011 Q31,311,57965,3301,376,9098,650
2011 Q41,307,16273,3411,380,5033,594
2012 Q11,316,91974,4011,391,32010,817
2012 Q21,330,65769,1231,399,7808,460
2012 Q31,343,40767,1951,410,60210,822
2012 Q41,336,79774,6661,411,463861
2013 Q11,349,31175,9751,425,28613,823
2013 Q21,373,30669,9631,443,26917,983
2013 Q31,394,80068,2321,463,03219,763
2013 Q41,397,82186,0501,483,87120,839
2014 Q11,418,81884,0191,502,83718,966
2014 Q21,453,50078,9261,532,42629,589
2014 Q31,513,25583,9681,597,22364,797
2014 Q41,504,17197,1131,601,2844,061
2015 Q11,531,61697,0991,628,71527,431
2015 Q21,561,88797,8221,659,70930,994
2015 Q31,593,012102,5891,695,60135,892
2015 Q41,604,043116,4951,720,53824,937
2016 Q11,637,680121,5391,759,21938,681
2016 Q21,676,494118,2331,794,72735,508
2016 Q31,713,038123,4811,836,51941,792
2016 Q41,732,663138,8981,871,56135,042
2017 Q11,766,998139,9991,906,99735,436
2017 Q21,806,237142,2301,948,46741,470
2017 Q31,836,643146,9821,983,62535,158
2017 Q41,841,933162,4042,004,33720,712
2018 Q11,870,945162,3002,033,24528,908
2018 Q21,904,471161,0782,065,54932,304
2018 Q31,935,193168,1592,103,35237,803
2018 Q41,944,599185,3902,129,98926,637
2019 Q11,977,894184,3832,162,27732,288
2019 Q22,010,835185,1292,195,96433,687
2019 Q32,040,829193,7872,234,61638,652
2019 Q42,042,633211,9652,254,59819,982
2020 Q12,022,094237,4362,259,5304,932
2020 Q22,029,505235,3782,264,8835,353
2020 Q32,080,460229,9772,310,43745,554
2020 Q42,083,868243,9702,327,83817,401
2021 Q12,104,401243,7262,348,12720,289
2021 Q22,147,269234,5322,381,80133,674
2021 Q32,150,822235,4682,386,2904,489
2021 Q42,143,741249,8792,393,6207,330
2022 Q12,155,346249,2352,404,58110,961
2022 Q22,176,246246,0142,422,26017,679
2022 Q32,177,396252,1102,429,5067,246
2022 Q42,169,621268,5322,438,1538,647
2023 Q12,170,292267,9342,438,22673
2023 Q22,185,600266,6932,452,29314,067
2023 Q32,187,270274,7102,461,9809,687
2023 Q42,177,177294,0642,471,2419,261
2024 Q12,186,630296,6942,483,32412,083
2024 Q22,204,207296,6722,500,87917,555
2024 Q32,211,120301,9172,513,03712,158
2024 Q42,205,070312,9712,518,0415,004
2025 Q12,211,010316,8532,527,8639,822
2025 Q22,223,169311,4222,534,5916,728

How Rare Is My Car analyses 'road tax' data from the DVLA, this dataset is only available from 1994 onwards.

DVLA vehicle licensing statistics last updated 23/10/2025.