UK vehicle statistics / Seat

How many Seat MII cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 18,174 licensed and 269 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Seat MII generic-model group.

Looking at a MII?

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 MII is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the MII disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 18,879 in 2021 Q4 and stand at 18,174 in 2026 Q1, down 4%. That is up 2% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 269 are declared SORN — 1 in 69 of the 18,443 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

For how this model fares on test day, see its MOT pass rate and most common failures.

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 Q118,174269
2025 Q418,199253
2025 Q318,260216
2025 Q218,329195
2025 Q118,383201
2024 Q418,386182
2024 Q318,403163
2024 Q218,455165
2024 Q118,502177
2023 Q418,584160
2023 Q318,600146
2023 Q218,572147

Other Seat models

See how many of every Seat model are left

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.