UK vehicle statistics / Ford

How many Ford Ranger cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 176,321 licensed and 19,472 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Ford Ranger generic-model group.

Looking at a Ranger?

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 Ranger is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the Ranger disappearing?

176,321 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the Ranger is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 48% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 19,472 are declared SORN — 1 in 10 of the 195,793 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 Q1176,32119,472
2025 Q4175,19918,812
2025 Q3173,71318,169
2025 Q2171,10817,630
2025 Q1169,35717,183
2024 Q4164,45816,472
2024 Q3161,83716,217
2024 Q2158,44215,862
2024 Q1154,59115,366
2023 Q4151,29814,749
2023 Q3148,54913,978
2023 Q2145,60713,455

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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.