UK vehicle statistics / KIA

How many KIA Stringer cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 2,089 licensed and 45 SORN vehicles in the UK within the KIA Stringer generic-model group.

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Is the Stringer disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 2,186 in 2023 Q2 and stand at 2,089 in 2026 Q1, down 4%. That is up 12% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 45 are declared SORN — 1 in 47 of the 2,134 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

KIA Stringer first appears in the published DfT series in 2017 Q3. 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 Q12,08945
2025 Q42,11233
2025 Q32,12031
2025 Q22,13428
2025 Q12,11134
2024 Q42,11135
2024 Q32,14030
2024 Q22,15321
2024 Q12,15224
2023 Q42,15422
2023 Q32,17612
2023 Q22,1869
2023 Q12,1839
2022 Q42,16216
2022 Q32,14814
2022 Q22,0819
2022 Q12,03513
2021 Q42,0508
2021 Q32,0539
2021 Q22,00915
2021 Q11,86041
2020 Q41,79744
2020 Q31,78237
2020 Q21,66269
2020 Q11,60577
2019 Q41,56565
2019 Q31,44048
2019 Q21,21062
2019 Q11,00256
2018 Q476334
2018 Q367713
2018 Q24532
2018 Q12951
2017 Q41380
2017 Q3140
2017 Q200
2017 Q100
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 KIA Stringer cars are left in the UK?

2,089 were licensed and 45 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many KIA Stringer cars are SORN?

45 are declared SORN — 1 in 47 of the 2,134 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

Is the Stringer disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 2,186 in 2023 Q2 and stand at 2,089 in 2026 Q1, down 4%. That is up 12% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 45 are declared SORN — 1 in 47 of the 2,134 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

When does the Stringer appear in the UK statistics?

KIA Stringer first appears in the published DfT series in 2017 Q3. Earlier quarters in this file do not include it, so that quarter is not a production start date.

Does this say whether one Stringer 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.