Car statistics
Daihatsu car statistics
How many Daihatsu cars are on the road in Great Britain, every Daihatsu model, its share of new cars over time and which fuels they use, how they do at the MOT and their safety recalls. Built from DVLA licensing records and DVSA MOT results.
- Licensed in Great Britain 11,220 −13.4% on a year earlier
- Rank among makes No. 55 0.03% of licensed cars
- MOT first-time pass rate, 2025 60.5% Cars of the same ages 58.8%
- New registrations in 2025 24 0.00% of all new cars
- Most common fuel Petrol 91.4% of those licensed
- Safety recalls since 1992 2 naming 4 Daihatsu models
How many Daihatsu cars are on the road?
There were 11,220 Daihatsu cars licensed in Great Britain at the end of March 2026, and a further 9,977 declared off the road (SORN). That is 0.03% of all licensed cars, making Daihatsu the No. 55 make on the road. That is 83.8% fewer than the peak of 69,359 in 2005. Petrol makes up 91.4% of licensed Daihatsu cars, against 54.6% of all cars.
Daihatsu cars licensed in Great Britain
The highest year-end count was 69,359 in 2005.
| Year | Licensed |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 51,431 |
| 1995 | 51,155 |
| 1996 | 52,779 |
| 1997 | 56,115 |
| 1998 | 61,396 |
| 1999 | 67,402 |
| 2000 | 68,491 |
| 2001 | 69,098 |
| 2002 | 68,782 |
| 2003 | 68,834 |
| 2004 | 69,269 |
| 2005 | 69,359 |
| 2006 | 68,362 |
| 2007 | 68,506 |
| 2008 | 68,198 |
| 2009 | 65,371 |
| 2010 | 60,862 |
| 2011 | 56,230 |
| 2012 | 51,589 |
| 2013 | 47,124 |
| 2014 | 42,188 |
| 2015 | 38,027 |
| 2016 | 33,977 |
| 2017 | 30,071 |
| 2018 | 26,773 |
| 2019 | 23,610 |
| 2020 | 21,073 |
| 2021 | 18,828 |
| 2022 | 17,065 |
| 2023 | 15,284 |
| 2024 | 13,435 |
| 2025 | 11,679 |
| 2026 | 11,220 |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
Fuel type
Daihatsu cars
All cars in Great Britain
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
Daihatsu models
7 Daihatsu models have a page of their own. The most common is the Daihatsu Sirion, with 4,633 licensed: 41.3% of all Daihatsu cars on the road. The totals above also count models too small for a page of their own.
| Model | Licensed | Change on a year | SORN | Main fuel | MOT pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sirion | 4,633 | −13.9% | 938 | Petrol | 60.4% |
| Terios | 2,877 | −14.5% | 1,746 | Petrol | 58.6% |
| Fourtrak | 942 | −11.5% | 4,153 | Diesel | – |
| Copen | 922 | −7.9% | 712 | Petrol | 68.3% |
| Charade | 827 | −18.4% | 674 | Petrol | 58.2% |
| Materia | 491 | −7.9% | 74 | Petrol | – |
| Cuore | 140 | −15.2% | 243 | Petrol | – |
MOT pass rates are first-time passes of cars aged three and over in 2025. A dash means too few tests, or a model DVSA’s records do not separate from vans.
New Daihatsu cars registered each year
Registrations of new Daihatsu cars in Great Britain peaked at 4,890 in 2007. In 2025, 24 were registered for the first time: 0.00% of all new cars, against 0.22% in 2008, Daihatsu’s best year for share of new cars.
Registered for the first time, by year
| Year | First registrations |
|---|---|
| ’01 | 4,258 |
| ’02 | 3,929 |
| ’03 | 4,261 |
| ’04 | 3,953 |
| ’05 | 4,096 |
| ’06 | 3,864 |
| ’07 | 4,890 |
| ’08 | 4,668 |
| ’09 | 2,329 |
| ’10 | 201 |
| ’11 | 21 |
| ’12 | 20 |
| ’13 | 25 |
| ’14 | 27 |
| ’15 | 36 |
| ’16 | 19 |
| ’17 | 23 |
| ’18 | 24 |
| ’19 | 22 |
| ’20 | 11 |
| ’21 | 20 |
| ’22 | 25 |
| ’23 | 19 |
| ’24 | 25 |
| ’25 | 24 |
Source:DfT / DVLA 2001 to 2025 Updated
Share of all new cars
Daihatsu’s first registrations as a share of every car registered for the first time in Great Britain that year.
| Year | Share of new cars |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.16% |
| 2002 | 0.15% |
| 2003 | 0.16% |
| 2004 | 0.15% |
| 2005 | 0.17% |
| 2006 | 0.17% |
| 2007 | 0.20% |
| 2008 | 0.22% |
| 2009 | 0.12% |
| 2010 | 0.01% |
| 2011 | 0.00% |
| 2012 | 0.00% |
| 2013 | 0.00% |
| 2014 | 0.00% |
| 2015 | 0.00% |
| 2016 | 0.00% |
| 2017 | 0.00% |
| 2018 | 0.00% |
| 2019 | 0.00% |
| 2020 | 0.00% |
| 2021 | 0.00% |
| 2022 | 0.00% |
| 2023 | 0.00% |
| 2024 | 0.00% |
| 2025 | 0.00% |
Source:DfT / DVLA 2001 to 2025 Updated
Daihatsu MOT reliability
In 2025, 60.5% of MOT tests of Daihatsu cars were passed first time, from 12,178 tests. Cars of the same ages pass 58.8% of the time, so Daihatsu does better than average for the age of its cars, by 1.7 points. That ranks Daihatsu No. 21 of the 50 makes with enough tests to compare. 8.3% of Daihatsu tests found at least one dangerous defect, against 7.3% for all cars.
Among Daihatsu models with enough tests, the Copen does best for its age (+9.1 points against cars of the same ages) and the Charade does worst (−2.0 points). Average age at test for Daihatsu cars: 18.6 years.
Every make and model ranked by MOT pass rate
Source:DVSA,UK Motoring analysis 2025 Updated
Daihatsu safety recalls
DVSA lists 2 safety recalls naming a Daihatsu car model since 1992, across 4 models. 0 were launched from 2016 to 2025. A recall naming several Daihatsu models counts once.
Recalls launched each year, 2006 to 2025
| Year | Recalls |
|---|---|
| ’06 | 0 |
| ’07 | 0 |
| ’08 | 0 |
| ’09 | 0 |
| ’10 | 1 |
| ’11 | 0 |
| ’12 | 0 |
| ’13 | 0 |
| ’14 | 0 |
| ’15 | 0 |
| ’16 | 0 |
| ’17 | 0 |
| ’18 | 0 |
| ’19 | 0 |
| ’20 | 0 |
| ’21 | 0 |
| ’22 | 0 |
| ’23 | 0 |
| ’24 | 0 |
| ’25 | 0 |
Source:DVSA,UK Motoring analysis January 1992 to September 2026 Updated
Models with the most recalls
| Model | Recalls |
|---|---|
| Daihatsu Cuore | 1 |
| Daihatsu Fourtrak | 1 |
| Daihatsu Sirion | 1 |
| Daihatsu Sportrak | 1 |
Source:DVSA,UK Motoring analysis January 1992 to September 2026 Updated
Latest Daihatsu recalls
- 9 Jun 2010 Possible fire risk Daihatsu Sportrak, Daihatsu Fourtrak
- 10 Oct 2001 Headlights may fail unexpectedly Daihatsu Sirion, Daihatsu Cuore
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 Daihatsu. 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
| Rank | Make | Licensed | Change on a year | Main fuel | MOT vs same ages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | Chery | 13,339 | – | Plug-in hybrid | – |
| 53 | Ferrari | 13,209 | +0.6% | Petrol | +22.2 pts |
| 54 | Maserati | 11,496 | −1.1% | Petrol | +7.9 pts |
| 55 | Daihatsu | 11,220 | −13.4% | Petrol | +1.7 pts |
| 56 | Rolls-Royce | 10,294 | −0.2% | Petrol | – |
| 57 | Infiniti | 8,787 | −3.4% | Diesel | +3.1 pts |
| 58 | Leapmotor | 7,301 | +3702.6% | Electric | – |
Data sources and methodology
| 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 |
| MOT results | Anonymised MOT tests and results Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2025 | 29,122,953 car MOT tests | 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.
- MOT figures cover normal tests of cars aged three and over; retests are excluded. The same-ages figure is what all cars would score with this make’s mix of ages.
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