UK vehicle statistics / Land Rover
How many Land Rover cars are left?
At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 1,078,825 licensed and 215,417 SORN Land Rover vehicles in the UK, across 13 published model groups. That means 1 in 6 surviving Land Rover is currently off the road.
Looking at a Land Rover?
Population figures describe a model group, not the car in front of you.
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Is the Land Rover fleet shrinking?
Adding up every published Land Rover model group: 1,078,825 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the Land Rover range is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 9% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 215,417 are declared SORN — 1 in 6 of the 1,294,242 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.
Land Rover MOT pass rate
In 2024, 75.9% of 755,977 Land Rover MOTs passed first time — above the 71.2% UK average.
The items most often behind a first-test failure across published Land Rover model groups:
- Condition — 2.9% of tests. Corrosion, damage or wear on a tested component. Worth seeing in person, as the cost ranges from trivial to structural.
- Headlamp Aim — 2.1% of tests. Headlights pointing too high or low. Cheap to adjust, and common on every make.
- Brake Performance — 2.1% of tests. The brakes underperformed on the rolling road. Expect brake work rather than an adjustment.
- Suspension Arms — 1.9% of tests. Worn arms or bushes. A common age-related repair that affects handling and tyre wear.
See every model on the Land Rover MOT pass rate page.
Before you buy
- Condition — 2.9% of tests in 2024. Corrosion, damage or wear on a tested component. Worth seeing in person, as the cost ranges from trivial to structural.
- Headlamp Aim — 2.1% of tests in 2024. Headlights pointing too high or low. Cheap to adjust, and common on every make.
- Brake Performance — 2.1% of tests in 2024. The brakes underperformed on the rolling road. Expect brake work rather than an adjustment.
- Suspension Arms — 1.9% of tests in 2024. Worn arms or bushes. A common age-related repair that affects handling and tyre wear.
- Check the actual Land Rover — These figures describe the model group. Enter the registration for that vehicle's free MOT, tax and mileage record before you pay a deposit.
Rarest Land Rover models
The published Land Rover model groups with the smallest surviving populations.
- 127 — 62 licensed, 92 SORN
- Discovry 35th Anniv ED Dmhev A — 242 licensed, 2 SORN
- 109 — 1,903 licensed, 2,851 SORN
- 110 — 2,784 licensed, 5,310 SORN
- 90 — 6,175 licensed, 9,267 SORN
Every Land Rover model
| Model | Licensed | SORN |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery | 277,313 | 68,977 |
| Range Rover Evoque | 227,638 | 6,559 |
| Defender | 163,722 | 31,781 |
| Range Rover Sport | 148,805 | 17,148 |
| Freelander | 100,012 | 31,045 |
| Range Rover | 90,968 | 31,020 |
| Range Rover Velar | 49,032 | 1,523 |
| 88 | 10,169 | 9,842 |
| 90 | 6,175 | 9,267 |
| 110 | 2,784 | 5,310 |
| 109 | 1,903 | 2,851 |
| Discovry 35th Anniv ED Dmhev A | 242 | 2 |
| 127 | 62 | 92 |
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.
Common questions
How many Land Rover cars are left in the UK?
1,078,825 Land Rover vehicles were licensed and 215,417 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, across 13 published model groups, according to DfT and DVLA statistics.
Which Land Rover is rarest?
Of the published Land Rover model groups, the 127 has the smallest surviving population at 62 licensed and 92 SORN.
Is the Land Rover fleet shrinking?
1,078,825 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the Land Rover range is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 9% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 215,417 are declared SORN — 1 in 6 of the 1,294,242 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.
What is the Land Rover MOT pass rate?
75.9% of 755,977 class-4 initial MOT tests on Land Rover cars passed first time in 2024 — above the 71.2% UK average.
What do Land Rover cars fail the MOT on?
Across published Land Rover model groups, the most common initial failure categories in 2024 are condition (2.9% of tests), headlamp aim (2.1% of tests), brake performance (2.1% of tests). DVSA publishes each model group's six most common categories, so this ranks the biggest published causes.
Does a Land Rover population figure describe the car I am looking at?
No. It describes the model group. Enter the registration for that car's 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.