UK vehicle statistics / Fiat

How many Fiat 850 cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 134 licensed and 83 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Fiat 850 generic-model group.

Looking at a 850?

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

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Is the 850 disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 140 in 2024 Q2 and stand at 134 in 2026 Q1, down 4%. That is up 12% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 83 are declared SORN — 1 in 3 of the 217 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

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 Q113483
2025 Q413683
2025 Q313978
2025 Q213681
2025 Q113083
2024 Q413580
2024 Q313874
2024 Q214074
2024 Q113276
2023 Q413180
2023 Q313774
2023 Q213674

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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.