Car statistics
Austin-Morris Mini Special statistics
How many Austin-Morris Mini Specials are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, and how the Special compares with other versions of the Austin-Morris Mini. Built from DVLA licensing records.
- Licensed in Great Britain 115 +2.7% on a year earlier
- Declared SORN 141 Off the road, not taxed
- Still registered 16.0% Other Austin-Morris Mini versions 9.9%
- Licensed in 1994 1,602 when this data begins
- Share of Austin-Morris Minis 4.0% of those licensed or SORN
- Declared off the road 55.1% of those still registered are SORN
How many Austin-Morris Mini Specials are left in Great Britain?
There were 115 Austin-Morris Mini Specials licensed in Great Britain at the end of March 2026, and a further 141 declared off the road (SORN). The licensed count is 92.8% lower than the 1,602 in 1994, when this data begins. More are declared SORN than are licensed: 55.1% of those still registered are off the road.
Austin-Morris Mini Specials licensed and SORN in Great Britain
This data records SORN from 2007, so the SORN line starts there.
| Year | Licensed | Declared SORN |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1,602 | – |
| 1995 | 1,130 | – |
| 1996 | 848 | – |
| 1997 | 656 | – |
| 1998 | 417 | – |
| 1999 | 336 | – |
| 2000 | 257 | – |
| 2001 | 200 | – |
| 2002 | 155 | – |
| 2003 | 135 | – |
| 2004 | 117 | – |
| 2005 | 105 | – |
| 2006 | 92 | – |
| 2007 | 76 | 125 |
| 2008 | 75 | 112 |
| 2009 | 69 | 116 |
| 2010 | 62 | 125 |
| 2011 | 74 | 122 |
| 2012 | 66 | 123 |
| 2013 | 60 | 139 |
| 2014 | 51 | 147 |
| 2015 | 46 | 155 |
| 2016 | 53 | 154 |
| 2017 | 52 | 165 |
| 2018 | 50 | 172 |
| 2019 | 39 | 187 |
| 2020 | 59 | 170 |
| 2021 | 83 | 150 |
| 2022 | 100 | 138 |
| 2023 | 109 | 134 |
| 2024 | 114 | 130 |
| 2025 | 114 | 139 |
| 2026 | 115 | 141 |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
Fuel type
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
How many Austin-Morris Mini Specials have survived?
16.0% of Austin-Morris Mini Specials are still registered (licensed or SORN), measured against the most on the road at any year end since 1994. For other versions of the Austin-Morris Mini from the same era, the figure is 9.9%, so Austin-Morris Mini Specials are 1.6 times as likely to have survived.
Share still registered (licensed or SORN)
Compared with 9 other versions of the Austin-Morris Mini from the same era.
| Version | Share still registered |
|---|---|
| Austin-Morris Mini Special | 16.0% |
| Other Austin-Morris Mini versions of the same age | 9.9% |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
Austin-Morris Mini Special engine sizes and fuel types
Of the 123 Austin-Morris Mini Specials licensed in the UK at the end of 2025, 88.6% have an engine of 1,001cc to 1,100cc, and 7.3% have an engine of 1,201cc to 1,300cc.
Engine sizes, end of 2025
DVLA records engine size in 100cc bands.
| Engine size | Share of those licensed |
|---|---|
| 1,001cc to 1,100cc 109 licensed | 88.6% |
| 1,201cc to 1,300cc 9 licensed | 7.3% |
| 901cc to 1,000cc 2 licensed | 1.6% |
| 1,301cc to 1,400cc 2 licensed | 1.6% |
| 801cc to 900cc 1 licensed | 0.8% |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of 2014 to end of 2025 Updated
| Engine size | Fuel | Licensed | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001–1,100cc | Petrol | 109 | 88.6% |
| 1,201–1,300cc | Petrol | 9 | 7.3% |
| 901–1,000cc | Petrol | 2 | 1.6% |
| 1,301–1,400cc | Petrol | 2 | 1.6% |
United Kingdom figures from DfT table VEH0220 (licensed cars at the end of each year, SORN excluded), so they differ slightly from the Great Britain counts elsewhere on this page. This covers cars DVLA records under this version’s name only; the Austin-Morris Mini page covers every version. How we use engine sizes.
Other versions of the Austin-Morris Mini
Versions of the Austin-Morris Mini with their own page. The Austin-Morris Mini page covers all 2,261 licensed, whatever the version.
| Version | Licensed | SORN | Still registered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin-Morris Mini 1275 GT | 309 | 384 | 39.1% |
| Austin-Morris Mini Special | 115 | 141 | 16.0% |
Data sources and methodology
| Figures | Source | Period | Records | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed and SORN counts | Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport | End of March 2026 | 256 Austin-Morris Mini Special records (licensed and SORN) | 15 September 2026 |
- Figures cover Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Northern Ireland is not included.
- Licensed counts are vehicles with a current tax or exemption at the end of each year (or the latest quarter). SORN counts are shown separately, from 2007.
- This version groups DVLA’s detailed model names “MINI SPECIAL”. Engine size, gearbox, number of doors and fuel are ignored, so every engine and gearbox counts together.
- Survival compares the number still registered (licensed or SORN) with the most licensed at any year end since 1994, plus any first registered after that year. Other versions are those of the same model whose licensed count peaked in the same years, up to 2001.
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