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How many Mercedes V Class cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 13,069 licensed and 1,315 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Mercedes V Class generic-model group.

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Population figures cannot tell you whether one particular car is taxed, MOT-valid or safe to buy.

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Is the V Class disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 13,178 in 2025 Q3 and stand at 13,069 in 2026 Q1, down 1%. That is up 35% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 1,315 are declared SORN — 1 in 11 of the 14,384 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.

Quarterly licensed and SORN counts

Every quarter DfT has published for this model group, newest first.

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q113,0691,315
2025 Q413,0481,273
2025 Q313,1781,222
2025 Q213,1001,170
2025 Q112,9381,233
2024 Q412,9611,196
2024 Q312,9851,174
2024 Q212,9321,181
2024 Q112,4691,181
2023 Q411,9681,154
2023 Q311,8381,107
2023 Q211,5551,081
2023 Q111,1221,121
2022 Q410,8531,086
2022 Q310,6671,059
2022 Q210,5931,040
2022 Q110,4181,077
2021 Q410,3351,094
2021 Q310,3531,065
2021 Q210,2461,091
2021 Q19,7051,315
2020 Q49,4831,344
2020 Q39,4101,299
2020 Q28,9221,376
2020 Q19,0161,293
2019 Q49,1451,032
2019 Q38,837944
2019 Q28,522931
2019 Q17,905938
2018 Q47,460921
2018 Q37,044882
2018 Q26,864843
2018 Q16,296862
2017 Q45,759834
2017 Q35,571796
2017 Q25,122766
2017 Q14,616740
2016 Q44,111732
2016 Q33,851678
2016 Q23,571651
2016 Q13,098682
2015 Q42,812635
2015 Q32,540581
2015 Q22,204569
2015 Q11,898551
2014 Q41,945512
2014 Q32,044476

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Common questions

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

13,069 were licensed and 1,315 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many Mercedes V Class cars are SORN?

1,315 are declared SORN — 1 in 11 of the 14,384 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

Is the V Class disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 13,178 in 2025 Q3 and stand at 13,069 in 2026 Q1, down 1%. That is up 35% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 1,315 are declared SORN — 1 in 11 of the 14,384 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

Does this say whether one V 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.