Car statistics
Mercedes-Benz 300 GD M2 statistics
How many Mercedes-Benz 300 GD M2s are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, and how the GD M2 compares with other versions of the Mercedes-Benz 300. Built from DVLA licensing records.
- Licensed in Great Britain 57 +1.8% on a year earlier
- Declared SORN 199 Off the road, not taxed
- Still registered 39.5% Other Mercedes-Benz 300 versions 24.7%
- Licensed in 1994 648 when this data begins
- Share of Mercedes-Benz 300s 3.2% of those licensed or SORN
- Declared off the road 77.7% of those still registered are SORN
How many Mercedes-Benz 300 GD M2s are left in Great Britain?
There were 57 Mercedes-Benz 300 GD M2s licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026, and a further 199 declared off the road (SORN). The licensed count is 91.2% lower than the 648 in 1994, when this data begins. More are declared SORN than are licensed: 77.7% of those still registered are off the road.
Mercedes-Benz 300 GD M2s licensed and SORN in Great Britain
This data records SORN from 2007, so the SORN line starts there.
| Year | Licensed | Declared SORN |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 648 | – |
| 1995 | 603 | – |
| 1996 | 602 | – |
| 1997 | 574 | – |
| 1998 | 556 | – |
| 1999 | 549 | – |
| 2000 | 505 | – |
| 2001 | 475 | – |
| 2002 | 436 | – |
| 2003 | 391 | – |
| 2004 | 355 | – |
| 2005 | 312 | – |
| 2006 | 247 | – |
| 2007 | 227 | 119 |
| 2008 | 183 | 137 |
| 2009 | 166 | 113 |
| 2010 | 145 | 126 |
| 2011 | 136 | 113 |
| 2012 | 126 | 103 |
| 2013 | 111 | 141 |
| 2014 | 99 | 140 |
| 2015 | 97 | 143 |
| 2016 | 91 | 150 |
| 2017 | 85 | 168 |
| 2018 | 78 | 174 |
| 2019 | 78 | 180 |
| 2020 | 67 | 194 |
| 2021 | 62 | 198 |
| 2022 | 63 | 195 |
| 2023 | 51 | 209 |
| 2024 | 50 | 208 |
| 2025 | 53 | 203 |
| 2026 | 57 | 199 |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated
Fuel type
Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated
How many Mercedes-Benz 300 GD M2s have survived?
39.5% of Mercedes-Benz 300 GD M2s are still registered (licensed or SORN), measured against the most on the road at any year end since 1994. For other versions of the Mercedes-Benz 300 from the same era, the figure is 24.7%, so Mercedes-Benz 300 GD M2s are 1.6 times as likely to have survived.
Share still registered (licensed or SORN)
Compared with 18 other versions of the Mercedes-Benz 300 from the same era.
| Version | Share still registered |
|---|---|
| Mercedes-Benz 300 GD M2 | 39.5% |
| Other Mercedes-Benz 300 versions of the same age | 24.7% |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated
Mercedes-Benz 300 MOT reliability
We do not show MOT figures for the Mercedes-Benz 300: 20% 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 Mercedes-Benz 300
Versions of the Mercedes-Benz 300 with their own page. The Mercedes-Benz 300 page covers all 2,830 licensed, whatever the version.
| Version | Licensed | SORN | Still registered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes-Benz 300 SL | 1,272 | 1,212 | 76.0% |
| Mercedes-Benz 300 SL-24 | 195 | 416 | 53.7% |
| Mercedes-Benz 300 GD M2 | 57 | 199 | 39.5% |
| Mercedes-Benz 300 GDS | 44 | 66 | 68.3% |
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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 | 256 Mercedes-Benz 300 GD M2 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 “300 GD M2”. 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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