How many Daelim cars are left in the UK?

116 Daelim vehicles were licensed and 592 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics.

Which Daelim is rarest?

Of the published Daelim model groups, the Daystar has the smallest surviving population at 12 licensed and 99 SORN.

How many Daelim cars are left?

Name: Daelim licensed and SORN statistics
Creator: Department for Transport and DVLA
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 116 licensed and 592 SORN Daelim vehicles in the UK, across 4 published model groups.

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Population figures describe a model group, not the car in front of you.

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Rarest Daelim models

The published Daelim model groups with the smallest surviving populations.

Daystar — 12 licensed, 99 SORN
VEE — 8 licensed, 125 SORN
VJF 125 — 37 licensed, 155 SORN
VL 125 — 59 licensed, 213 SORN

Every Daelim model

Model	Licensed	SORN
VL 125	59	213
VJF 125	37	155
VEE	8	125
Daystar	12	99

How to read these numbers

Licensed means taxed and legal to use on the road at the end of the quarter. SORN means the keeper has declared it off the road — it still exists, but it is not in use. A model group's total is the best available proxy for how many survive, and a shrinking one means fewer donor cars, fewer specialists and slower parts supply.

Source and limitations

Source: Department for Transport and DVLA, df_VEH0120_UK. Released 2026-07-15 under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

DVLA make and model fields are administrative data and can contain omissions or inconsistencies. These statistics describe model groups, not an individual registration.

Confidential cells marked [c] represent between 1 and 4 vehicles and are treated as zero in aggregates, so totals can be slightly understated.