UK vehicle statistics / Leyland Cars

How many Leyland Cars Mini cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 1,449 licensed and 1,976 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Leyland Cars Mini generic-model group.

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Is the Mini disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 1,482 in 2024 Q3 and stand at 1,449 in 2026 Q1, down 2%. That is up 18% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 1,976 are declared SORN — 1 in 2 of the 3,425 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.

Recent quarterly trend

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q11,4491,976
2025 Q41,4481,951
2025 Q31,4511,934
2025 Q21,4501,915
2025 Q11,4531,891
2024 Q41,4661,852
2024 Q31,4821,831
2024 Q21,4661,831
2024 Q11,4531,832
2023 Q41,4091,833
2023 Q31,4031,833
2023 Q21,4241,835

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.