Car statistics
Smart Forfour Brabus statistics
How many Smart Forfour Brabuses are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, and how the Brabus compares with other versions of the Smart Forfour. Built from DVLA licensing records.
- Licensed in Great Britain 124 −10.1% on a year earlier
- Declared SORN 99 Off the road, not taxed
- Still registered 72.2% Other Smart Forfour versions 22.2%
- Peak year 2008 284 licensed
- Share of Smart Forfours 0.9% of those licensed or SORN
- Declared off the road 44.4% of those still registered are SORN
How many Smart Forfour Brabuses are left in Great Britain?
There were 124 Smart Forfour Brabuses licensed in Great Britain at the end of March 2026, and a further 99 declared off the road (SORN). The licensed count is 56.3% lower than its peak of 284 in 2008.
Smart Forfour Brabuses licensed and SORN in Great Britain
This data records SORN from 2007, so the SORN line starts there.
| Year | Licensed | Declared SORN |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 91 | – |
| 2006 | 265 | – |
| 2007 | 273 | 6 |
| 2008 | 284 | 2 |
| 2009 | 283 | 2 |
| 2010 | 278 | 3 |
| 2011 | 275 | 7 |
| 2012 | 274 | 4 |
| 2013 | 272 | 4 |
| 2014 | 262 | 6 |
| 2015 | 250 | 15 |
| 2016 | 239 | 24 |
| 2017 | 232 | 28 |
| 2018 | 211 | 38 |
| 2019 | 209 | 38 |
| 2020 | 198 | 62 |
| 2021 | 176 | 67 |
| 2022 | 176 | 67 |
| 2023 | 162 | 75 |
| 2024 | 145 | 84 |
| 2025 | 132 | 98 |
| 2026 | 124 | 99 |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
Fuel type
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
How many Smart Forfour Brabuses have survived?
72.2% of the Smart Forfour Brabuses first registered since 2001 are still registered, licensed or SORN. For other versions of the Smart Forfour first registered in the same years, the figure is 22.2%, so Smart Forfour Brabuses are 3.3 times as likely to have survived.
Share still registered (licensed or SORN)
Compared with 6 other versions of the Smart Forfour first registered in the same years.
| Version | Share still registered |
|---|---|
| Smart Forfour Brabus | 72.2% |
| Other Smart Forfour versions of the same age | 22.2% |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of March 2026 Updated
Smart Forfour Brabus registrations over time
Registrations of Smart Forfour Brabuses for the first time in Great Britain peaked at 174 in 2006. In 2025, 0 were registered.
Registered for the first time, by year
| Year | First registrations |
|---|---|
| ’05 | 109 |
| ’06 | 174 |
| ’07 | 6 |
| ’08 | 9 |
| ’09 | 0 |
| ’10 | 1 |
| ’11 | 0 |
| ’12 | 0 |
| ’13 | 0 |
| ’14 | 0 |
| ’15 | 1 |
| ’16 | 0 |
| ’17 | 4 |
| ’18 | 2 |
| ’19 | 1 |
| ’20 | 0 |
| ’21 | 0 |
| ’22 | 1 |
| ’23 | 1 |
| ’24 | 0 |
| ’25 | 0 |
Source:DfT / DVLA 2001 to 2025 Updated
Smart Forfour Brabus engine sizes and fuel types
Of the 132 Smart Forfour Brabuses licensed in the UK at the end of 2025, 95.5% have an engine of 1,401cc to 1,500cc, and 4.5% have an engine of 801cc to 900cc.
Engine sizes, end of 2025
DVLA records engine size in 100cc bands.
| Engine size | Share of those licensed |
|---|---|
| 1,401cc to 1,500cc 126 licensed | 95.5% |
| 801cc to 900cc 6 licensed | 4.5% |
Source:DfT / DVLA End of 2014 to end of 2025 Updated
| Engine size | Fuel | Licensed | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,401–1,500cc | Petrol | 126 | 95.5% |
| 801–900cc | Petrol | 6 | 4.5% |
United Kingdom figures from DfT table VEH0220 (licensed cars at the end of each year, SORN excluded), so they differ slightly from the Great Britain counts elsewhere on this page. This covers cars DVLA records under this version’s name only; the Smart Forfour page covers every version. How we use engine sizes.
Smart Forfour Brabus fuel economy and CO2
The Vehicle Certification Agency’s new car data lists the Smart Forfour Brabus from 2006. On the NEDC test (listings 2006), official combined fuel economy for its petrol versions ranges from 41.5 mpg, with CO2 of 159 g/km.
| Engine and fuel | Combined mpg | CO2 g/km | Listed | Euro standard | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 petrol | 41.5 | 159 | 2006 | Euro 4 | 1 |
Source:VCA July 2000 to 15 September 2026 Updated
- Official figures from laboratory type-approval tests. VCA says they may not be achieved in real-world driving, and should not be used to rank cars with similar figures.
- These are the VCA listings we could match to the Smart Forfour Brabus by name. The Smart Forfour page covers every version.
- Engine sizes are rounded to the nearest 0.1 litre. A version is one line in VCA’s data (description, gearbox, engine and fuel), counted once however many years it was listed. Matched from VCA’s model name “forfour”. How we use VCA’s figures.
Data sources and methodology
| Figures | Source | Period | Records | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensed and SORN counts | Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport | End of March 2026 | 223 Smart Forfour Brabus 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.
- 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 “FORFOUR BRABUS”, “FORFOUR BRABUS A”. 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 number first registered since 2001. Other versions are those of the same model with the same average year of first registration.
- First registrations count vehicles registered in Great Britain for the first time, including used imports.
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