ROVER

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HOW MANY ROVER ARE LEFT?

There are 32,329 ROVER left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 75,367 ROVER that are currently SORNED.

The total number of ROVER was highest during 1999 Q4 (1,959,111). The number taxed topped out in 1999 Q4 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2007 Q4.

Since the total peaked, some 1,851,415 (95%) ROVER have been scrapped or exported.

During 2019 Q3 the number of ROVER that were off the road (SORN) exceeded the number that were licensed for the first time. This could indicate the owners are reluctant to sell or scrap their car as they view them as a potential future classic.

In the last 10 years the total number of ROVER has fallen by 158,145. Licensed models have fallen by 168,108 and the SORNed total has increased by 9,963.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 32,837 ROVER models. Taxed models have declined by 29,460 and the SORNed total has fallen by 3,377.

70% of the remaining 107,696 ROVER in the UK are currently off the road.

HOW MANY ROVER ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1994 Q41,473,05801,473,0581,473,058
1995 Q41,622,20201,622,202149,144
1996 Q41,754,16401,754,164131,962
1997 Q41,864,05401,864,054109,890
1998 Q41,919,94501,919,94555,891
1999 Q41,959,11101,959,11139,166
2000 Q41,925,10901,925,109-34,002
2001 Q41,866,30101,866,301-58,808
2002 Q41,770,00001,770,000-96,301
2003 Q41,634,62801,634,628-135,372
2004 Q41,498,51001,498,510-136,118
2005 Q41,318,43701,318,437-180,073
2006 Q41,114,86101,114,861-203,576
2007 Q4939,82381,3111,021,134-93,727
2008 Q3815,87473,243889,117-132,017
2008 Q4778,69276,543855,235-33,882
2009 Q1744,14076,965821,105-34,130
2009 Q2710,24573,245783,490-37,615
2009 Q3672,74271,319744,061-39,429
2009 Q4640,00171,590711,591-32,470
2010 Q1605,87769,587675,464-36,127
2010 Q2582,36266,298648,660-26,804
2010 Q3556,49565,362621,857-26,803
2010 Q4525,72766,141591,868-29,989
2011 Q1498,78465,675564,459-27,409
2011 Q2475,38862,650538,038-26,421
2011 Q3451,04861,146512,194-25,844
2011 Q4427,60261,882489,484-22,710
2012 Q1404,61659,817464,433-25,051
2012 Q2386,39056,332442,722-21,711
2012 Q3366,65354,412421,065-21,657
2012 Q4346,70656,541403,247-17,818
2013 Q1326,59355,752382,345-20,902
2013 Q2312,67353,714366,387-15,958
2013 Q3294,80351,263346,066-20,321
2013 Q4276,49262,279338,771-7,295
2014 Q1261,03961,063322,102-16,669
2014 Q2250,39558,705309,100-13,002
2014 Q3241,10060,703301,803-7,297
2014 Q4223,39664,744288,140-13,663
2015 Q1209,88265,105274,987-13,153
2015 Q2200,43765,404265,841-9,146
2015 Q3189,36766,883256,250-9,591
2015 Q4177,15571,242248,397-7,853
2016 Q1167,09373,139240,232-8,165
2016 Q2157,89172,068229,959-10,273
2016 Q3148,03372,708220,741-9,218
2016 Q4138,96275,934214,896-5,845
2017 Q1129,85075,267205,117-9,779
2017 Q2123,21675,852199,068-6,049
2017 Q3115,72775,886191,613-7,455
2017 Q4107,03378,152185,185-6,428
2018 Q199,62877,093176,721-8,464
2018 Q295,56375,353170,916-5,805
2018 Q390,47875,818166,296-4,620
2018 Q483,93878,272162,210-4,086
2019 Q179,24076,945156,185-6,025
2019 Q276,86675,757152,623-3,562
2019 Q373,26776,258149,525-3,098
2019 Q467,77078,745146,515-3,010
2020 Q163,82579,854143,679-2,836
2020 Q261,78978,744140,533-3,146
2020 Q360,08678,513138,599-1,934
2020 Q455,74080,349136,089-2,510
2021 Q153,07379,539132,612-3,477
2021 Q252,97377,835130,808-1,804
2021 Q350,87377,670128,543-2,265
2021 Q447,05979,704126,763-1,780
2022 Q145,62578,464124,089-2,674
2022 Q246,11776,784122,901-1,188
2022 Q344,74377,033121,776-1,125
2022 Q441,19379,363120,556-1,220
2023 Q139,88978,029117,918-2,638
2023 Q240,68176,893117,574-344
2023 Q339,21377,319116,532-1,042
2023 Q435,69479,775115,469-1,063
2024 Q134,91278,836113,748-1,721
2024 Q235,79977,698113,497-251
2024 Q334,84377,378112,221-1,276
2024 Q431,74178,081109,822-2,399
2025 Q130,93877,317108,255-1,567
2025 Q232,32975,367107,696-559

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.