How many Ferrari 488s are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, how new registrations have changed and which fuels they use. Built from DVLA licensing records and 1,643 DVSA MOT tests.
Licensed in Great Britain1,272−1.0% on a year earlier
Declared SORN424Off the road, not taxed
MOT first-time pass rate, 202596.0%Cars of the same ages 80.5%
Rank by number licensedNo. 636of 1,159 models we cover
Peak year20201,490 licensed
Average annual mileage1,239miles a year
How many Ferrari 488s are left in Great Britain?
There were 1,272 Ferrari 488s licensed in Great Britain at the end of March 2026, and a further 424 declared off the road (SORN).
That is 14.6% fewer than the peak of 1,490 in 2020.
In 2025, 96.0% of Ferrari 488 MOT tests were passed first time,
against 72.8% for all cars.
Cars of the same ages as the Ferrari 488s tested pass 80.5% of the time, so the Ferrari 488 does better than average for its age, by 15.5 points. In 2024 its pass rate was 95.2%.
MOT first-time pass rate by age: Ferrari 488 vs all cars
Comparing like with like: each bar pair covers cars of the same age, so an older average age does not count against a model.
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MOT first-time pass rate by vehicle age, Ferrari 488 compared with all cars
Registrations of Ferrari 488s for the first time in Great Britain peaked at 478 in 2017. In 2025, 2 were registered. With almost none registered new, the number on the road is likely to keep falling.
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Ferrari 488s registered for the first time in Great Britain, by year
Of the 1,274 Ferrari 488s licensed in the UK at the end of 2025, 100.0% have an engine of 3,901cc to 4,000cc.
Engine sizes, end of 2025
DVLA records engine size in 100cc bands.
Ferrari 488s licensed in the UK at the end of 2025, by engine size
Engine size
Share of those licensed
3,901cc to 4,000cc 1,274 licensed
100.0%
Source:DfT / DVLAEnd of 2014 to end of 2025Updated
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.
How we use engine sizes.
Ferrari 488 fuel economy and CO2
The Vehicle Certification Agency’s new car data lists the Ferrari 488 from 2016 to 2023. On the WLTP test (listings 2020 to 2023), official combined fuel economy for its petrol versions ranges from 18.3 to 18.9 mpg, with CO2 of 282 to 289 g/km. On the older NEDC test (listings 2016 to 2018), official combined fuel economy for its petrol versions ranges from 23.3 to 24.8 mpg, with CO2 of 260 to 277 g/km.
Official WLTP figures by engine and fuel, listed 2020 to 2023
Official WLTP figures by engine and fuel, listed 2020 to 2023
Engine and fuel
Combined mpg
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3.9 petrol
18.3–18.9
282–289
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Euro 6c to Euro 6d
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Older NEDC figures, listed 2016 to 2018 (1 engine and fuel group)
Official NEDC figures by engine and fuel, listed 2016 to 2018
Official figures from laboratory type-approval tests. VCA says they may not be achieved in
real-world driving, and should not be used to rank cars with similar figures.
NEDC figures (in VCA’s data until September 2018) and WLTP figures (from the 2019 guide)
come from different tests, so they are shown separately and should not be compared.
Engine sizes are rounded to the nearest 0.1 litre. A version is one line in
VCA’s data (description, gearbox, engine and fuel), counted once however many years it was
listed.
Matched from VCA’s model names “488”, “All Models”. How we use VCA’s figures.
Ferrari 488 safety recalls
DVSA lists 6 safety recalls for the Ferrari 488 since 1992, the first in 2015. The most recent was launched on 28 February 2022.
The cap of the brake oil reservoir may not be able to ensure proper ventilation to maintain the atmospheric pressure inside the reservoir
Launched 28 February 2022DVSA recall R/2022/066Manufacturer ref. RC78
Defect
The cap of the brake oil reservoir may not be able to ensure proper ventilation to maintain the atmospheric pressure inside the reservoir itself.
Remedy
Replacement of the brake oil reservoir cap and software update of the Instrument Panel Node.
A recall applies to cars built on particular dates or with particular VINs, not to every Ferrari 488. The details come from manufacturers through DVSA, which says they may be delayed or
incomplete. To check a specific car, use GOV.UK’s vehicle recall check or ask the manufacturer or a
dealer. How we match recalls to models.
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.
First registrations count vehicles registered in Great Britain for the first time, including used imports.
Models are grouped by DVLA’s generic model name, so every generation and trim counts together.
MOT figures cover normal tests of cars aged three and over in 2025; retests are excluded. Age is rounded to the nearest year.
DVSA records the model name typed in at the test. We match those names to DVLA’s generic models, so a handful of tests may be counted under a close relative.
