UK vehicle statistics / Mercedes

How many Mercedes GLS Class cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 3,516 licensed and 242 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Mercedes GLS Class generic-model group.

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Is the GLS Class disappearing?

3,516 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the GLS Class is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 41% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 242 are declared SORN — 1 in 16 of the 3,758 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

Mercedes GLS Class first appears in the published DfT series in 2016 Q1. 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 Q13,516242
2025 Q43,500235
2025 Q33,485212
2025 Q23,456211
2025 Q13,349208
2024 Q43,295198
2024 Q33,222189
2024 Q23,200191
2024 Q13,192182
2023 Q43,149178
2023 Q33,153168
2023 Q23,131153
2023 Q13,050149
2022 Q42,946136
2022 Q32,821119
2022 Q22,775110
2022 Q12,70095
2021 Q42,66391
2021 Q32,60779
2021 Q22,58176
2021 Q12,49878
2020 Q42,30666
2020 Q32,22760
2020 Q22,01352
2020 Q11,98639
2019 Q41,86229
2019 Q31,87028
2019 Q21,80826
2019 Q11,72423
2018 Q41,67122
2018 Q31,62321
2018 Q21,40310
2018 Q11,2647
2017 Q41,1468
2017 Q31,0825
2017 Q28405
2017 Q17093
2016 Q44861
2016 Q33930
2016 Q22200
2016 Q1630
2015 Q400
2015 Q300
2015 Q200
2015 Q100
2014 Q400
2014 Q300

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Common questions

How many Mercedes GLS Class cars are left in the UK?

3,516 were licensed and 242 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many Mercedes GLS Class cars are SORN?

242 are declared SORN — 1 in 16 of the 3,758 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

Is the GLS Class disappearing?

3,516 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the GLS Class is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 41% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 242 are declared SORN — 1 in 16 of the 3,758 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

When does the GLS Class appear in the UK statistics?

Mercedes GLS Class first appears in the published DfT series in 2016 Q1. Earlier quarters in this file do not include it, so that quarter is not a production start date.

Does this say whether one GLS Class 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.