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Pontiac car statistics

How many Pontiac cars are on the road in Great Britain, every Pontiac 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 1,246 +1.3% on a year earlier
  • Rank among makes No. 91 under 0.01% of licensed cars
  • Declared SORN 1,373 52.4% of those still registered
  • New registrations in 2025 15 0.001% of all new cars
  • Most common fuel Petrol 99.8% of those licensed
  • Models with a page 1 listed below

How many Pontiac cars are on the road?

There were 1,246 Pontiac cars licensed in Great Britain at the end of March 2026, and a further 1,373 declared off the road (SORN). That is under 0.01% of all licensed cars, making Pontiac the No. 91 make on the road. That is 44.5% fewer than the peak of 2,246 in 1997. Petrol makes up 99.8% of licensed Pontiac cars, against 54.6% of all cars.

Pontiac cars licensed in Great Britain

The highest year-end count was 2,246 in 1997.

Pontiac cars licensed in Great Britain at the end of each year
Year Licensed
1994 2,150
1995 2,050
1996 2,182
1997 2,246
1998 2,191
1999 2,135
2000 2,015
2001 1,963
2002 1,899
2003 1,843
2004 1,847
2005 1,697
2006 1,554
2007 1,419
2008 1,308
2009 1,249
2010 1,135
2011 1,076
2012 1,021
2013 954
2014 985
2015 1,053
2016 1,052
2017 1,064
2018 1,131
2019 1,189
2020 1,211
2021 1,269
2022 1,256
2023 1,232
2024 1,243
2025 1,242
2026 1,246

Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated

Fuel type

Pontiac cars

All cars in Great Britain

Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated

Pontiac models

The Pontiac Firebird is the only Pontiac model with a page of its own, with 473 licensed. The totals above also count models too small for a page of their own.

Pontiac models with their own page, most licensed first
Model Licensed Change on a year SORN Main fuel
Firebird 473 +1.1% 514 Petrol

New Pontiac cars registered each year

Registrations of new Pontiac cars in Great Britain peaked at 171 in 2004. In 2025, 15 were registered for the first time: 0.001% of all new cars, against 0.007% in 2004, Pontiac’s best year for share of new cars.

Registered for the first time, by year

Pontiac cars registered for the first time in Great Britain, by year
Year First registrations
’01 114
’02 134
’03 128
’04 171
’05 123
’06 100
’07 106
’08 77
’09 58
’10 66
’11 73
’12 54
’13 54
’14 72
’15 73
’16 75
’17 66
’18 67
’19 55
’20 32
’21 53
’22 40
’23 20
’24 30
’25 15

Source:DfT / DVLA 2001 to 2025 Updated

Share of all new cars

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

Pontiac share of all new cars registered in Great Britain, by year
Year Share of new cars
2001 0.004%
2002 0.005%
2003 0.005%
2004 0.007%
2005 0.005%
2006 0.004%
2007 0.004%
2008 0.004%
2009 0.003%
2010 0.003%
2011 0.004%
2012 0.003%
2013 0.002%
2014 0.003%
2015 0.003%
2016 0.003%
2017 0.003%
2018 0.003%
2019 0.002%
2020 0.002%
2021 0.003%
2022 0.002%
2023 0.001%
2024 0.002%
2025 0.001%

Source:DfT / DVLA 2001 to 2025 Updated

Makes of a similar size

Pontiac compared with makes of a similar size
Rank Make Licensed Change on a year Main fuel
88 Leyland Cars 1,379 −0.3% Petrol
89 Opel 1,287 −9.0% Petrol
90 Xpeng 1,258 +2759.1% Electric
91 Pontiac 1,246 +1.3% Petrol
92 Changan 1,080 – Electric
93 Datsun 998 +1.9% Petrol
94 Daewoo 964 −28.8% Petrol

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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