How many Generic cars are left in the UK?

86 Generic vehicles were licensed and 998 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics.

Which Generic is rarest?

Of the published Generic model groups, the Cracker has the smallest surviving population at 5 licensed and 222 SORN.

How many Generic cars are left?

Name: Generic 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 86 licensed and 998 SORN Generic vehicles in the UK, across 5 published model groups.

Looking at a Generic?

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

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Rarest Generic models

The published Generic model groups with the smallest surviving populations.

Cracker — 5 licensed, 222 SORN
Code 125 — 72 licensed, 213 SORN
Trigger — 9 licensed, 328 SORN

Every Generic model

Model	Licensed	SORN
Trigger	9	328
Code 125	72	213
Cracker	5	222
XOR 50	0	132
XOR 125	0	103

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.