UK vehicle statistics / Mercedes

How many Mercedes SLC Class cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 8,000 licensed and 240 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Mercedes SLC Class generic-model group.

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Is the SLC Class disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 8,271 in 2021 Q2 and stand at 8,000 in 2026 Q1, down 3%. That is down 2% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 240 are declared SORN — 1 in 34 of the 8,240 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 SLC 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 Q18,000240
2025 Q47,999233
2025 Q38,073167
2025 Q28,129139
2025 Q18,023210
2024 Q48,026212
2024 Q38,110142
2024 Q28,132118
2024 Q18,097132
2023 Q48,074159
2023 Q38,138116
2023 Q28,173101
2023 Q18,120114
2022 Q48,122135
2022 Q38,14793
2022 Q28,17491
2022 Q18,07998
2021 Q48,076109
2021 Q38,14982
2021 Q28,27173
2021 Q18,18992
2020 Q47,929112
2020 Q37,85190
2020 Q27,432104
2020 Q17,147130
2019 Q47,22589
2019 Q37,28555
2019 Q27,22949
2019 Q17,00864
2018 Q46,67767
2018 Q36,61954
2018 Q26,37133
2018 Q16,02020
2017 Q45,38328
2017 Q35,08122
2017 Q24,06913
2017 Q13,2733
2016 Q42,1952
2016 Q31,6491
2016 Q24750
2016 Q11160
2015 Q400
2015 Q300
2015 Q200
2015 Q100
2014 Q400
2014 Q300

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Common questions

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

8,000 were licensed and 240 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many Mercedes SLC Class cars are SORN?

240 are declared SORN — 1 in 34 of the 8,240 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

Is the SLC Class disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 8,271 in 2021 Q2 and stand at 8,000 in 2026 Q1, down 3%. That is down 2% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 240 are declared SORN — 1 in 34 of the 8,240 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

When does the SLC Class appear in the UK statistics?

Mercedes SLC 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 SLC 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.