Car statistics

Ford Escort Super statistics

How many Ford Escort Supers are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, and how the Super compares with other versions of the Ford Escort. Built from DVLA licensing records.

A version of the Ford Escort. Recorded by DVLA as “ESCORT SUPER”.

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Records analysed
190 Ford Escort Super records (licensed and SORN)
Methodology
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  • Licensed in Great Britain 89 +1.1% on a year earlier
  • Declared SORN 101 Off the road, not taxed
  • Still registered 92.2% Other Ford Escort versions 2.3%
  • Licensed in 1994 200 when this data begins
  • Share of Ford Escorts 0.4% of those licensed or SORN
  • Declared off the road 53.2% of those still registered are SORN

How many Ford Escort Supers are left in Great Britain?

There were 89 Ford Escort Supers licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026, and a further 101 declared off the road (SORN). The licensed count is 55.5% lower than the 200 in 1994, when this data begins. More are declared SORN than are licensed: 53.2% of those still registered are off the road.

Ford Escort Supers licensed and SORN in Great Britain

This data records SORN from 2007, so the SORN line starts there.

Ford Escort Supers licensed and declared SORN in Great Britain at the end of each year
Year LicensedDeclared SORN
1994 200–
1995 151–
1996 199–
1997 177–
1998 153–
1999 136–
2000 125–
2001 114–
2002 116–
2003 100–
2004 91–
2005 89–
2006 85–
2007 8645
2008 8251
2009 7953
2010 8146
2011 7653
2012 7944
2013 7662
2014 8464
2015 7672
2016 7185
2017 7587
2018 8083
2019 7994
2020 9187
2021 9188
2022 9386
2023 9288
2024 9591
2025 8898
2026 89101

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

Fuel type

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

How many Ford Escort Supers have survived?

92.2% of Ford Escort Supers 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 Supers are 40.0 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.

Share of Ford Escort Supers still registered compared with other Ford Escort versions of the same age
Version Share still registered
Ford Escort Super 92.2%
Other Ford Escort versions of the same age 2.3%

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.

Ford Escort Super compared with other versions of the Ford Escort
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

Datasets used on this page
Figures Source Period Records Updated
Licensed and SORN counts Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport End of June 2026 190 Ford Escort Super 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 SUPER”. 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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