UK vehicle statistics / Ford

How many Ford Benimar cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 1,200 licensed and 129 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Ford Benimar generic-model group.

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Is the Benimar disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 1,230 in 2025 Q3 and stand at 1,200 in 2026 Q1, down 2%. That is up 115% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 129 are declared SORN — 1 in 10 of the 1,329 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.

When it shows up in the statistics

Ford Benimar first appears in the published DfT series in 2017 Q1. Earlier quarters in this file do not include it, so that quarter is not a production start date.

Quarterly licensed and SORN counts

Every quarter DfT has published for this model group, newest first.

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q11,200129
2025 Q41,175132
2025 Q31,23054
2025 Q21,20639
2025 Q11,11589
2024 Q41,058127
2024 Q31,12038
2024 Q21,10825
2024 Q11,06040
2023 Q4990103
2023 Q31,04530
2023 Q21,01420
2023 Q196236
2022 Q488878
2022 Q391622
2022 Q288510
2022 Q183716
2021 Q474369
2021 Q380012
2021 Q275917
2021 Q155840
2020 Q456968
2020 Q358424
2020 Q249937
2020 Q147592
2019 Q449728
2019 Q34926
2019 Q24194
2019 Q13402
2018 Q428714
2018 Q32612
2018 Q21882
2018 Q11322
2017 Q4835
2017 Q3670
2017 Q2461
2017 Q1220
2016 Q400
2016 Q300
2016 Q200
2016 Q100
2015 Q400
2015 Q300
2015 Q200
2015 Q100
2014 Q400
2014 Q300

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Common questions

How many Ford Benimar cars are left in the UK?

1,200 were licensed and 129 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many Ford Benimar cars are SORN?

129 are declared SORN — 1 in 10 of the 1,329 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

Is the Benimar disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 1,230 in 2025 Q3 and stand at 1,200 in 2026 Q1, down 2%. That is up 115% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 129 are declared SORN — 1 in 10 of the 1,329 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

When does the Benimar appear in the UK statistics?

Ford Benimar first appears in the published DfT series in 2017 Q1. Earlier quarters in this file do not include it, so that quarter is not a production start date.

Does this say whether one Benimar is a good buy?

No. These are population figures for the model group. Enter that vehicle's registration for its own free MOT, tax and mileage record.

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.