Car statistics
Ford Escort RS2000 4x4 statistics
How many Ford Escort RS2000 4x4s are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, and how the RS2000 4x4 compares with other versions of the Ford Escort. Built from DVLA licensing records.
- Licensed in Great Britain 32 +33.3% on a year earlier
- Declared SORN 235 Off the road, not taxed
- Still registered 56.4% Other Ford Escort versions 1.8%
- Peak year 1997 472 licensed
- Share of Ford Escorts 0.6% of those licensed or SORN
- Declared off the road 88.0% of those still registered are SORN
How many Ford Escort RS2000 4x4s are left in Great Britain?
There were 32 Ford Escort RS2000 4x4s licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026, and a further 235 declared off the road (SORN). The licensed count is 93.2% lower than its peak of 472 in 1997. More are declared SORN than are licensed: 88.0% of those still registered are off the road.
Ford Escort RS2000 4x4s licensed and SORN in Great Britain
This data records SORN from 2007, so the SORN line starts there.
| Year | Licensed | Declared SORN |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 21 | – |
| 1995 | 222 | – |
| 1996 | 464 | – |
| 1997 | 472 | – |
| 1998 | 447 | – |
| 1999 | 456 | – |
| 2000 | 437 | – |
| 2001 | 436 | – |
| 2002 | 416 | – |
| 2003 | 396 | – |
| 2004 | 382 | – |
| 2005 | 345 | – |
| 2006 | 307 | – |
| 2007 | 257 | 100 |
| 2008 | 206 | 133 |
| 2009 | 169 | 145 |
| 2010 | 154 | 137 |
| 2011 | 122 | 152 |
| 2012 | 94 | 152 |
| 2013 | 79 | 181 |
| 2014 | 58 | 188 |
| 2015 | 54 | 203 |
| 2016 | 40 | 217 |
| 2017 | 38 | 225 |
| 2018 | 26 | 230 |
| 2019 | 21 | 236 |
| 2020 | 20 | 237 |
| 2021 | 20 | 243 |
| 2022 | 22 | 246 |
| 2023 | 17 | 249 |
| 2024 | 20 | 243 |
| 2025 | 20 | 242 |
| 2026 | 32 | 235 |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated
Fuel type
Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated
How many Ford Escort RS2000 4x4s have survived?
56.4% of Ford Escort RS2000 4x4s 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 1.8%, so Ford Escort RS2000 4x4s are 31.6 times as likely to have survived.
Share still registered (licensed or SORN)
Compared with 43 other versions of the Ford Escort from the same era.
| Version | Share still registered |
|---|---|
| Ford Escort RS2000 4x4 | 56.4% |
| Other Ford Escort versions of the same age | 1.8% |
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.
| 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 | 267 Ford Escort RS2000 4x4 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 RS2000 4WD”, “ESCORT RS 2000 4X4”. 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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