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How many Microcar cars are on the road in Great Britain, every Microcar model, its share of new cars over time and which fuels they use. Built from DVLA licensing records.

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Records analysed
37,339,879 car records (licensed and SORN)
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  • Licensed in Great Britain 456 −13.5% on a year earlier
  • Rank among makes No. 105 under 0.01% of licensed cars
  • Declared SORN 645 58.6% of those still registered
  • New registrations in 2025 0 0.000% of all new cars
  • Most common fuel Petrol 99.8% of those licensed
  • Models with a page 1 listed below

How many Microcar cars are on the road?

There were 456 Microcar cars licensed in Great Britain at the end of March 2026, and a further 645 declared off the road (SORN). That is under 0.01% of all licensed cars, making Microcar the No. 105 make on the road. That is 77.6% fewer than the peak of 2,040 in 2010. Petrol makes up 99.8% of licensed Microcar cars, against 54.6% of all cars.

Microcar cars licensed in Great Britain

The highest year-end count was 2,040 in 2010.

Microcar cars licensed in Great Britain at the end of each year
Year Licensed
2000 18
2001 242
2002 539
2003 770
2004 1,077
2005 1,352
2006 1,598
2007 1,760
2008 1,927
2009 1,996
2010 2,040
2011 1,977
2012 1,932
2013 1,799
2014 1,673
2015 1,534
2016 1,442
2017 1,297
2018 1,173
2019 1,058
2020 943
2021 829
2022 726
2023 628
2024 542
2025 475
2026 456

Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated

Fuel type

Microcar cars

All cars in Great Britain

Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated

Microcar models

The Microcar M-GO is the only Microcar model with a page of its own, with 359 licensed. The totals above also count models too small for a page of their own.

Microcar models with their own page, most licensed first
Model Licensed Change on a year SORN Main fuel
M-GO 359 −11.8% 148 Petrol

New Microcar cars registered each year

Registrations of new Microcar cars in Great Britain peaked at 326 in 2004. In 2025, 0 were registered for the first time: 0.000% of all new cars, against 0.013% in 2006, Microcar’s best year for share of new cars.

Registered for the first time, by year

Microcar cars registered for the first time in Great Britain, by year
Year First registrations
’01 220
’02 306
’03 253
’04 326
’05 314
’06 304
’07 241
’08 213
’09 160
’10 171
’11 109
’12 102
’13 97
’14 96
’15 84
’16 98
’17 54
’18 37
’19 0
’20 0
’21 0
’22 0
’23 0
’24 0
’25 0

Source:DfT / DVLA 2001 to 2025 Updated

Share of all new cars

Microcar’s first registrations as a share of every car registered for the first time in Great Britain that year.

Microcar share of all new cars registered in Great Britain, by year
Year Share of new cars
2001 0.009%
2002 0.011%
2003 0.010%
2004 0.013%
2005 0.013%
2006 0.013%
2007 0.010%
2008 0.010%
2009 0.008%
2010 0.009%
2011 0.006%
2012 0.005%
2013 0.004%
2014 0.004%
2015 0.003%
2016 0.004%
2017 0.002%
2018 0.002%
2019 0.000%
2020 0.000%
2021 0.000%
2022 0.000%
2023 0.000%
2024 0.000%
2025 0.000%

Source:DfT / DVLA 2001 to 2025 Updated

Makes of a similar size

Microcar compared with makes of a similar size
Rank Make Licensed Change on a year Main fuel
99 Talbot 658 +3.8% Petrol
101 Vanden Plas 611 −1.0% Petrol
102 GWM 522 +1273.7% Electric
105 Microcar 456 −13.5% Petrol
107 Aixam 399 −9.3% Petrol
109 Fisker 294 +12.6% Electric
123 Iveco 154 −9.9% Diesel

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 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
  • 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.
How we calculate these figures All data sources

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