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.

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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.

When it shows up in the statistics

Porsche 718 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 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
2023 Q110,731761
2022 Q410,268931
2022 Q310,182651
2022 Q210,098586
2022 Q19,806593
2021 Q49,269714
2021 Q39,097523
2021 Q29,116487
2021 Q18,921496
2020 Q48,657577
2020 Q38,393405
2020 Q28,032389
2020 Q17,794458
2019 Q47,594400
2019 Q37,038310
2019 Q26,525292
2019 Q16,066269
2018 Q45,554281
2018 Q35,185226
2018 Q24,771231
2018 Q14,056175
2017 Q43,283162
2017 Q32,797103
2017 Q22,27676
2017 Q11,67040
2016 Q41,19732
2016 Q368613
2016 Q23033
2016 Q120
2015 Q400
2015 Q300
2015 Q200
2015 Q100
2014 Q400
2014 Q300

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Common questions

How many Porsche 718 cars are left in the UK?

14,318 were licensed and 1,615 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many Porsche 718 cars are SORN?

1,615 are declared SORN — 1 in 10 of the 15,933 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

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.

When does the 718 appear in the UK statistics?

Porsche 718 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 718 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.