Car statistics
Ford Escort GTI statistics
How many Ford Escort GTIs are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, and how the GTI compares with other versions of the Ford Escort. Built from DVLA licensing records.
- Licensed in Great Britain 94 −5.1% on a year earlier
- Declared SORN 636 Off the road, not taxed
- Still registered 4.9% Other Ford Escort versions 1.5%
- Peak year 1999 15,005 licensed
- Share of Ford Escorts 1.6% of those licensed or SORN
- Declared off the road 87.1% of those still registered are SORN
How many Ford Escort GTIs are left in Great Britain?
There were 94 Ford Escort GTIs licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026, and a further 636 declared off the road (SORN). The licensed count is 99.4% lower than its peak of 15,005 in 1999. More are declared SORN than are licensed: 87.1% of those still registered are off the road.
Ford Escort GTIs licensed and SORN in Great Britain
This data records SORN from 2007, so the SORN line starts there.
| Year | Licensed | Declared SORN |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 30 | – |
| 1997 | 4,915 | – |
| 1998 | 13,798 | – |
| 1999 | 15,005 | – |
| 2000 | 14,603 | – |
| 2001 | 14,102 | – |
| 2002 | 13,752 | – |
| 2003 | 13,253 | – |
| 2004 | 12,909 | – |
| 2005 | 12,306 | – |
| 2006 | 11,381 | – |
| 2007 | 10,286 | 660 |
| 2008 | 8,650 | 867 |
| 2009 | 6,755 | 836 |
| 2010 | 4,756 | 854 |
| 2011 | 3,059 | 714 |
| 2012 | 1,814 | 555 |
| 2013 | 1,086 | 555 |
| 2014 | 671 | 557 |
| 2015 | 486 | 578 |
| 2016 | 345 | 608 |
| 2017 | 266 | 629 |
| 2018 | 197 | 651 |
| 2019 | 152 | 659 |
| 2020 | 140 | 668 |
| 2021 | 118 | 670 |
| 2022 | 112 | 662 |
| 2023 | 104 | 669 |
| 2024 | 90 | 648 |
| 2025 | 81 | 649 |
| 2026 | 94 | 636 |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated
Fuel type
Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated
How many Ford Escort GTIs have survived?
4.9% of Ford Escort GTIs are still registered (licensed or SORN), measured against the most on the road at any year end since 1996. For other versions of the Ford Escort from the same era, the figure is 1.5%, so Ford Escort GTIs are 3.2 times as likely to have survived.
Share still registered (licensed or SORN)
Compared with 41 other versions of the Ford Escort from the same era.
| Version | Share still registered |
|---|---|
| Ford Escort GTI | 4.9% |
| Other Ford Escort versions of the same age | 1.5% |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated
Ford Escort MOT reliability
We do not show MOT figures for the Ford Escort: 17% of those on the DVLA record are vans, and DVSA's results do not separate car and van tests of the same model.
Other versions of the Ford Escort
Versions of the Ford Escort with their own page. The Ford Escort page covers all 13,890 licensed, whatever the version.
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Data sources and methodology
| Figures | Source | Period | Records | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed and SORN counts | Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport | End of June 2026 | 730 Ford Escort GTI records (licensed and SORN) | 2 October 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 “ESCORT GTI”. 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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