How many Leyland cars are left in the UK?

112 Leyland vehicles were licensed and 1,264 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics.

Which Leyland is rarest?

Of the published Leyland model groups, the Freighter has the smallest surviving population at 12 licensed and 135 SORN.

How many Leyland cars are left?

Name: Leyland 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 112 licensed and 1,264 SORN Leyland vehicles in the UK, across 2 published model groups.

Looking at a Leyland?

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

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Rarest Leyland models

The published Leyland model groups with the smallest surviving populations.

Freighter — 12 licensed, 135 SORN
Roadrunner — 100 licensed, 1,129 SORN

Every Leyland model

Model	Licensed	SORN
Roadrunner	100	1,129
Freighter	12	135

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.