Car statistics
Ford Escort Popular Plus statistics
How many Ford Escort Popular Pluses are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, and how the Popular Plus compares with other versions of the Ford Escort. Built from DVLA licensing records.
- Licensed in Great Britain 285 +2.9% on a year earlier
- Declared SORN 412 Off the road, not taxed
- Still registered 5.2% Other Ford Escort versions 2.3%
- Licensed in 1994 13,353 when this data begins
- Share of Ford Escorts 1.5% of those licensed or SORN
- Declared off the road 59.1% of those still registered are SORN
How many Ford Escort Popular Pluses are left in Great Britain?
There were 285 Ford Escort Popular Pluses licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026, and a further 412 declared off the road (SORN). The licensed count is 97.9% lower than the 13,353 in 1994, when this data begins. More are declared SORN than are licensed: 59.1% of those still registered are off the road.
Ford Escort Popular Pluses licensed and SORN in Great Britain
This data records SORN from 2007, so the SORN line starts there.
| Year | Licensed | Declared SORN |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 13,353 | – |
| 1995 | 10,263 | – |
| 1996 | 8,834 | – |
| 1997 | 7,596 | – |
| 1998 | 6,725 | – |
| 1999 | 5,996 | – |
| 2000 | 5,162 | – |
| 2001 | 4,319 | – |
| 2002 | 3,221 | – |
| 2003 | 2,146 | – |
| 2004 | 1,356 | – |
| 2005 | 885 | – |
| 2006 | 546 | – |
| 2007 | 375 | 318 |
| 2008 | 276 | 298 |
| 2009 | 211 | 285 |
| 2010 | 182 | 281 |
| 2011 | 153 | 311 |
| 2012 | 145 | 308 |
| 2013 | 124 | 379 |
| 2014 | 114 | 380 |
| 2015 | 128 | 392 |
| 2016 | 132 | 407 |
| 2017 | 136 | 440 |
| 2018 | 160 | 433 |
| 2019 | 170 | 436 |
| 2020 | 160 | 461 |
| 2021 | 227 | 409 |
| 2022 | 260 | 386 |
| 2023 | 268 | 395 |
| 2024 | 285 | 387 |
| 2025 | 272 | 415 |
| 2026 | 285 | 412 |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated
Fuel type
Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated
How many Ford Escort Popular Pluses have survived?
5.2% of Ford Escort Popular Pluses are still registered (licensed or SORN), measured against the most on the road at any year end since 1994. For other versions of the Ford Escort from the same era, the figure is 2.3%, so Ford Escort Popular Pluses are 2.3 times as likely to have survived.
Share still registered (licensed or SORN)
Compared with 82 other versions of the Ford Escort from the same era.
| Version | Share still registered |
|---|---|
| Ford Escort Popular Plus | 5.2% |
| Other Ford Escort versions of the same age | 2.3% |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated
Ford Escort Popular Plus engine sizes and fuel types
Of the 309 Ford Escort Popular Pluses licensed in the UK at the end of 2025, 37.2% have an engine of 1,201cc to 1,300cc, and 21.4% have an engine of 1,901cc to 2,000cc. The share with an engine of 1,201cc to 1,300cc has fallen from 55.7% in 2014 to 37.2%.
Engine sizes, end of 2025
DVLA records engine size in 100cc bands.
| Engine size | Share of those licensed |
|---|---|
| 1,201cc to 1,300cc 115 licensed | 37.2% |
| 1,901cc to 2,000cc 66 licensed | 21.4% |
| 2,001cc to 2,100cc 44 licensed | 14.2% |
| 1,001cc to 1,100cc 31 licensed | 10.0% |
| 1,501cc to 1,600cc 18 licensed | 5.8% |
| 1,601cc to 1,700cc 16 licensed | 5.2% |
| 1,301cc to 1,400cc 5 licensed | 1.6% |
| Other sizes 14 licensed | 4.5% |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of 2014 to end of 2025 Updated
| Engine size | Fuel | Licensed | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,201–1,300cc | Petrol | 115 | 37.2% |
| 1,901–2,000cc | Petrol | 66 | 21.4% |
| 2,001–2,100cc | Petrol | 44 | 14.2% |
| 1,001–1,100cc | Petrol | 31 | 10.0% |
| 1,501–1,600cc | Petrol | 18 | 5.8% |
| 1,601–1,700cc | Petrol | 16 | 5.2% |
| 1,301–1,400cc | Petrol | 5 | 1.6% |
Engine sizes, 2014 to 2025
Share of those licensed at the end of each year, for the most common sizes.
| Year | 1,201–1,300cc | 1,901–2,000cc | 2,001–2,100cc | 1,001–1,100cc |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 55.7% | 13.1% | 9.8% | 9.0% |
| 2015 | 49.6% | 19.3% | 7.4% | 11.1% |
| 2016 | 49.3% | 19.3% | 9.3% | 6.4% |
| 2017 | 38.5% | 18.9% | 16.2% | 12.2% |
| 2018 | 36.0% | 22.7% | 14.0% | 9.3% |
| 2019 | 37.4% | 21.9% | 15.5% | 11.2% |
| 2020 | 33.5% | 23.1% | 15.9% | 11.0% |
| 2021 | 33.7% | 24.7% | 14.1% | 10.2% |
| 2022 | 33.1% | 23.3% | 13.9% | 11.8% |
| 2023 | 35.1% | 21.2% | 14.2% | 11.9% |
| 2024 | 35.1% | 21.7% | 13.7% | 10.9% |
| 2025 | 37.2% | 21.4% | 14.2% | 10.0% |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of 2014 to end of 2025 Updated
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 Ford Escort page covers every version. How we use engine sizes.
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.
| Version | Licensed | SORN | Still registered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Escort RS Turbo | 969 | 3,477 | 27.6% |
| Ford Escort Cabriolet | 726 | 2,425 | 13.0% |
| Ford Escort XR3i | 632 | 2,257 | 3.1% |
| Ford Escort RS2000 | 677 | 1,117 | 52.3% |
| Ford Escort RS Cosworth | 402 | 921 | 80.7% |
| Ford Escort Mexico | 646 | 493 | 14.8% |
| Ford Escort RS Custom | 535 | 369 | 100.0% |
| Ford Escort RS | 444 | 394 | 100.0% |
| Ford Escort GTI | 94 | 636 | 4.9% |
| Ford Escort Popular Plus | 285 | 412 | 5.2% |
| Ford Escort 1100 L | 277 | 347 | 26.0% |
| Ford Escort XR3i Cabriolet | 120 | 502 | 23.7% |
| Ford Escort 1300 L | 294 | 297 | 17.0% |
| Ford Escort 1300 XL | 242 | 248 | 45.2% |
| Ford Escort Ghia Cabriolet | 110 | 378 | 24.0% |
| Ford Escort RS1600i | 195 | 281 | 49.9% |
| Ford Escort 1100 Base | 206 | 238 | 31.1% |
| Ford Escort XR3 | 170 | 262 | 3.5% |
| Ford Escort 1300 GL | 189 | 237 | 6.3% |
| Ford Escort Calypso | 103 | 284 | 17.3% |
| Ford Escort 1300 Base | 156 | 144 | 17.4% |
| Ford Escort RS2000 4x4 | 32 | 235 | 56.4% |
| Ford Escort Ghia X | 36 | 229 | 2.7% |
| Ford Escort 1300E | 144 | 113 | 73.0% |
| Ford Escort 1300 GT | 128 | 109 | 100.0% |
| Ford Escort Deluxe | 97 | 136 | 100.0% |
| Ford Escort Sport | 118 | 103 | 9.0% |
| Ford Escort SI Cabriolet | 31 | 168 | 14.7% |
| Ford Escort Super | 89 | 101 | 92.2% |
| Ford Escort Mexico II | 98 | 76 | 100.0% |
| Ford Escort 1600 Ghia | 51 | 65 | 6.0% |
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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 | 697 Ford Escort Popular Plus 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 POPULAR PLUS”, “ESCORT POPULAR PLUS D”, “ESCORT POPULAR+ AUTO”. 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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