UK vehicle statistics / Porsche

How many Porsche 718 cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 14,318 licensed and 1,615 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Porsche 718 generic-model group.

Looking at a 718?

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

Check its registration free for the official tax, MOT and mileage record. If the car is still worth pursuing, the optional £9.99 full history check adds outstanding-finance, stolen and insurance write-off checks.

Wondering whether one particular 718 is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the 718 disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 14,418 in 2025 Q3 and stand at 14,318 in 2026 Q1, down 1%. That is up 60% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 1,615 are declared SORN — 1 in 10 of the 15,933 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 Q114,3181,615
2025 Q413,9961,807
2025 Q314,4181,128
2025 Q214,1531,018
2025 Q113,3941,388
2024 Q412,8591,584
2024 Q312,931991
2024 Q212,738883
2024 Q112,252942
2023 Q411,6581,211
2023 Q311,726799
2023 Q211,398703

Other Porsche models

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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.