Car statistics
Ineos car statistics
How many Ineos cars are on the road in Great Britain, every Ineos model, its share of new cars over time and which fuels they use and their safety recalls. Built from DVLA licensing records.
- Licensed in Great Britain 1,529 +27.8% on a year earlier
- Rank among makes No. 83 under 0.01% of licensed cars
- Declared SORN 56 3.5% of those still registered
- New registrations in 2025 314 0.016% of all new cars
- Most common fuel Petrol 53.1% of those licensed
- Safety recalls since 1992 1 naming 1 Ineos model
How many Ineos cars are on the road?
There were 1,529 Ineos cars licensed in Great Britain at the end of March 2026, and a further 56 declared off the road (SORN). That is under 0.01% of all licensed cars, making Ineos the No. 83 make on the road. That is the most on the road at any year end since 2023. Diesel makes up 46.8% of licensed Ineos cars, against 28.1% of all cars.
Ineos cars licensed in Great Britain
Numbers are still rising: the latest count is the highest in this series.
| Year | Licensed |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 846 |
| 2024 | 1,154 |
| 2025 | 1,435 |
| 2026 | 1,529 |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
Fuel type
Ineos cars
All cars in Great Britain
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
Ineos models
The Ineos Grenadier is the only Ineos model with a page of its own, with 1,491 licensed. The totals above also count models too small for a page of their own.
| Model | Licensed | Change on a year | SORN | Main fuel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenadier | 1,491 | +28.2% | 54 | Petrol |
New Ineos cars registered each year
Registrations of new Ineos cars in Great Britain peaked at 900 in 2023. In 2025, 314 were registered for the first time: 0.016% of all new cars, against 0.047% in 2023, Ineos’s best year for share of new cars.
Registered for the first time, by year
| Year | First registrations |
|---|---|
| ’23 | 900 |
| ’24 | 361 |
| ’25 | 314 |
Source:DfT / DVLA 2001 to 2025 Updated
Share of all new cars
Ineos’s first registrations as a share of every car registered for the first time in Great Britain that year.
| Year | Share of new cars |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.047% |
| 2024 | 0.019% |
| 2025 | 0.016% |
Source:DfT / DVLA 2001 to 2025 Updated
Ineos safety recalls
DVSA lists 1 safety recall naming a Ineos car model since 1992, across 1 model. 1 was launched from 2016 to 2025, ranking Ineos No. 57 of the makes with recalls in those years. A recall naming several Ineos models counts once.
Latest Ineos recalls
- 11 Mar 2024 Tie Rod and Drag Link Incorrect Non-Locking Nut Ineos Grenadier
Models mostly registered as vans are left out, as on our recalls hub. A recall applies to vehicles built on particular dates or with particular VINs, not to every Ineos. To check a specific car, use GOV.UK’s vehicle recall check. How we match recalls to models.
Source:DVSA,UK Motoring analysis January 1992 to September 2026 Updated
Makes of a similar size
Data sources and methodology
| Figures | Source | Period | Records | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed and SORN counts | Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport | End of March 2026 | 37,339,879 car records (licensed and SORN) | 15 September 2026 |
| Registered for the first time | Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport | 2001 to 2025 | – | 15 September 2026 |
| Safety recalls | Vehicle safety recalls Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency Derived statistics UK Motoring | January 1992 to September 2026 | 7,495 road vehicle recalls (R/) | 15 September 2026 |
- Figures cover Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Northern Ireland is not included.
- Make totals count every car DVLA records under the make, including models too small for a page of their own. The rank is among all 525 makes on the record.
- 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.
- First registrations count cars registered in Great Britain for the first time, including used imports.
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