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How many Cadillac cars are on the road in Great Britain, every Cadillac model, its share of new cars over time and which fuels they use and their safety recalls. Built from DVLA licensing records.

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Records analysed
37,339,879 car records (licensed and SORN)
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  • Licensed in Great Britain 1,472 −1.0% on a year earlier
  • Rank among makes No. 84 under 0.01% of licensed cars
  • Declared SORN 1,163 44.1% of those still registered
  • New registrations in 2025 52 0.003% of all new cars
  • Most common fuel Petrol 92.9% of those licensed
  • Safety recalls since 1992 12 naming 5 Cadillac models

How many Cadillac cars are on the road?

There were 1,472 Cadillac cars licensed in Great Britain at the end of March 2026, and a further 1,163 declared off the road (SORN). That is under 0.01% of all licensed cars, making Cadillac the No. 84 make on the road. That is 40.7% fewer than the peak of 2,481 in 2009. Petrol makes up 92.9% of licensed Cadillac cars, against 54.6% of all cars.

Cadillac cars licensed in Great Britain

The highest year-end count was 2,481 in 2009.

Cadillac cars licensed in Great Britain at the end of each year
Year Licensed
1994 1,145
1995 1,148
1996 1,377
1997 1,393
1998 1,490
1999 1,578
2000 1,510
2001 1,548
2002 1,543
2003 1,550
2004 1,552
2005 1,705
2006 1,790
2007 2,116
2008 2,185
2009 2,481
2010 2,413
2011 2,323
2012 2,217
2013 2,197
2014 2,187
2015 2,119
2016 2,087
2017 2,005
2018 1,929
2019 1,869
2020 1,796
2021 1,732
2022 1,683
2023 1,632
2024 1,509
2025 1,495
2026 1,472

Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated

Fuel type

Cadillac cars

All cars in Great Britain

Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated

Cadillac models

The Cadillac Escalade is the only Cadillac model with a page of its own, with 100 licensed. The totals above also count models too small for a page of their own.

Cadillac models with their own page, most licensed first
Model Licensed Change on a year SORN Main fuel
Escalade 100 +9.9% 53 Petrol

New Cadillac cars registered each year

Registrations of new Cadillac cars in Great Britain peaked at 493 in 2007. In 2025, 52 were registered for the first time: 0.003% of all new cars, against 0.021% in 2007, Cadillac’s best year for share of new cars.

Registered for the first time, by year

Cadillac cars registered for the first time in Great Britain, by year
Year First registrations
’01 150
’02 56
’03 60
’04 109
’05 297
’06 437
’07 493
’08 250
’09 216
’10 107
’11 74
’12 65
’13 83
’14 80
’15 106
’16 106
’17 73
’18 80
’19 86
’20 68
’21 59
’22 59
’23 38
’24 50
’25 52

Source:DfT / DVLA 2001 to 2025 Updated

Share of all new cars

Cadillac’s first registrations as a share of every car registered for the first time in Great Britain that year.

Cadillac share of all new cars registered in Great Britain, by year
Year Share of new cars
2001 0.006%
2002 0.002%
2003 0.002%
2004 0.004%
2005 0.012%
2006 0.019%
2007 0.021%
2008 0.012%
2009 0.011%
2010 0.005%
2011 0.004%
2012 0.003%
2013 0.004%
2014 0.003%
2015 0.004%
2016 0.004%
2017 0.003%
2018 0.003%
2019 0.004%
2020 0.004%
2021 0.004%
2022 0.004%
2023 0.002%
2024 0.003%
2025 0.003%

Source:DfT / DVLA 2001 to 2025 Updated

Cadillac safety recalls

DVSA lists 12 safety recalls naming a Cadillac car model since 1992, across 5 models. 4 were launched from 2016 to 2025, ranking Cadillac No. 50 of the makes with recalls in those years. A recall naming several Cadillac models counts once.

Recalls launched each year, 2006 to 2025

Safety recalls naming a Cadillac car model, by year launched
Year Recalls
’06 1
’07 1
’08 2
’09 0
’10 0
’11 1
’12 0
’13 0
’14 1
’15 0
’16 1
’17 0
’18 0
’19 2
’20 0
’21 1
’22 0
’23 0
’24 0
’25 0

Source:DVSA,UK Motoring analysis January 1992 to September 2026 Updated

Models with the most recalls

Cadillac models with the most safety recalls since 1992
Model Recalls
Cadillac Cts 4
Cadillac Escalade 4
Cadillac Srx 4
Cadillac Seville 2
Cadillac Sts 1

Source:DVSA,UK Motoring analysis January 1992 to September 2026 Updated

Latest Cadillac recalls

Models mostly registered as vans are left out, as on our recalls hub. A recall applies to vehicles built on particular dates or with particular VINs, not to every Cadillac. To check a specific car, use GOV.UK’s vehicle recall check. How we match recalls to models.

Source:DVSA,UK Motoring analysis January 1992 to September 2026 Updated

Makes of a similar size

Cadillac compared with makes of a similar size
Rank Make Licensed Change on a year Main fuel
81 Mcc 1,738 −18.4% Petrol
82 Humber 1,561 −2.9% Petrol
83 Ineos 1,529 +27.8% Petrol
84 Cadillac 1,472 −1.0% Petrol
85 Isuzu 1,443 −15.5% Diesel
86 Jensen 1,404 +0.6% Petrol
87 Singer 1,402 −2.2% Petrol

Data sources and methodology

Datasets used on this page
Figures Source Period Records Updated
Licensed and SORN counts Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport End of March 2026 37,339,879 car records (licensed and SORN) 15 September 2026
Registered for the first time Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport 2001 to 2025 – 15 September 2026
Safety recalls Vehicle safety recalls Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Derived statistics UK Motoring 		January 1992 to September 2026 7,495 road vehicle recalls (R/) 15 September 2026
  • Figures cover Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Northern Ireland is not included.
  • Make totals count every car DVLA records under the make, including models too small for a page of their own. The rank is among all 525 makes on the record.
  • 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.
  • First registrations count cars registered in Great Britain for the first time, including used imports.
How we calculate these figures All data sources

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