Car statistics
Ford Fiesta RS1800 statistics
How many Ford Fiesta RS1800s are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, and how the RS1800 compares with other versions of the Ford Fiesta. Built from DVLA licensing records.
- Licensed in Great Britain 29 −3.3% on a year earlier
- Declared SORN 265 Off the road, not taxed
- Still registered 25.5% Other Ford Fiesta versions 0.9%
- Peak year 1995 1,154 licensed
- Share of Ford Fiestas 0.0% of those licensed or SORN
- Declared off the road 90.1% of those still registered are SORN
How many Ford Fiesta RS1800s are left in Great Britain?
There were 29 Ford Fiesta RS1800s licensed in Great Britain at the end of March 2026, and a further 265 declared off the road (SORN). The licensed count is 97.5% lower than its peak of 1,154 in 1995. More are declared SORN than are licensed: 90.1% of those still registered are off the road.
Ford Fiesta RS1800s licensed and SORN in Great Britain
This data records SORN from 2007, so the SORN line starts there.
| Year | Licensed | Declared SORN |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 945 | – |
| 1995 | 1,154 | – |
| 1996 | 1,145 | – |
| 1997 | 1,076 | – |
| 1998 | 1,047 | – |
| 1999 | 1,036 | – |
| 2000 | 965 | – |
| 2001 | 922 | – |
| 2002 | 854 | – |
| 2003 | 769 | – |
| 2004 | 678 | – |
| 2005 | 556 | – |
| 2006 | 438 | – |
| 2007 | 354 | 187 |
| 2008 | 267 | 203 |
| 2009 | 209 | 188 |
| 2010 | 137 | 208 |
| 2011 | 113 | 206 |
| 2012 | 78 | 202 |
| 2013 | 69 | 219 |
| 2014 | 57 | 220 |
| 2015 | 52 | 227 |
| 2016 | 60 | 225 |
| 2017 | 49 | 238 |
| 2018 | 39 | 257 |
| 2019 | 33 | 262 |
| 2020 | 33 | 265 |
| 2021 | 31 | 266 |
| 2022 | 28 | 270 |
| 2023 | 32 | 265 |
| 2024 | 27 | 269 |
| 2025 | 24 | 268 |
| 2026 | 29 | 265 |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
Fuel type
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
How many Ford Fiesta RS1800s have survived?
25.5% of Ford Fiesta RS1800s 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 Fiesta from the same era, the figure is 0.9%, so Ford Fiesta RS1800s are 28.0 times as likely to have survived.
Share still registered (licensed or SORN)
Compared with 66 other versions of the Ford Fiesta from the same era.
| Version | Share still registered |
|---|---|
| Ford Fiesta RS1800 | 25.5% |
| Other Ford Fiesta versions of the same age | 0.9% |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
Other versions of the Ford Fiesta
Versions of the Ford Fiesta with their own page. The Ford Fiesta page covers all 1.25 million licensed, whatever the version.
| Version | Licensed | SORN | Still registered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Fiesta ST | 41,026 | 6,484 | 75.3% |
| Ford Fiesta LX | 8,246 | 6,799 | 4.4% |
| Ford Fiesta XR2 | 417 | 1,973 | 2.4% |
| Ford Fiesta XR2i | 79 | 872 | 3.0% |
| Ford Fiesta RS Turbo | 81 | 805 | 27.7% |
| Ford Fiesta Black | 258 | 351 | 13.5% |
| Ford Fiesta Zetec 30TH Anniversary | 281 | 230 | 64.7% |
| Ford Fiesta RS1800 | 29 | 265 | 25.5% |
| Ford Fiesta Zetec S C-Bration | 126 | 117 | 67.1% |
| Ford Fiesta Supersport | 53 | 85 | 10.8% |
Data sources and methodology
| Figures | Source | Period | Records | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed and SORN counts | Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport | End of March 2026 | 294 Ford Fiesta RS1800 records (licensed and SORN) | 15 September 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 “FIESTA RS1800”, “FIESTA RS 1800”. 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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