UK vehicle statistics / Fiat

How many Fiat 500 cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 430,036 licensed and 13,371 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Fiat 500 generic-model group.

Looking at a 500?

Population figures cannot tell you whether one particular car is taxed, MOT-valid or safe to buy.

Check its registration free for the official tax, MOT and mileage record. If the car is still worth pursuing, the optional £9.99 full history check adds outstanding-finance, stolen and insurance write-off checks.

Wondering whether one particular 500 is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the 500 disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 438,695 in 2025 Q1 and stand at 430,036 in 2026 Q1, down 2%. That is up 9% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 13,371 are declared SORN — 1 in 33 of the 443,407 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

For how this model fares on test day, see its MOT pass rate and most common failures.

A falling population is worth knowing before you buy: it usually means fewer donor cars, fewer specialists and slower parts supply, and it is why a good example of a scarce model can hold its price while a neglected one is hard to sell at any price.

Recent quarterly trend

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q1430,03613,371
2025 Q4433,62612,571
2025 Q3435,42911,998
2025 Q2437,98011,495
2025 Q1438,69511,148
2024 Q4437,9859,947
2024 Q3437,9508,784
2024 Q2436,8498,310
2024 Q1434,7798,587
2023 Q4432,6337,998
2023 Q3432,2537,026
2023 Q2428,5566,602

Other Fiat models

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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.