F50
Daihatsu · on record 1994 to 2025
The Daihatsu F50 was a diesel powered development of the marque's early compact 4 wheel drive utility range, using a separate chassis and simple body designed for rough terrain rather than road refinement. It appealed to rural and working users needing a smaller alternative to established off road vehicles. Low UK numbers and hard original use mean surviving examples are uncommon and usually enthusiast maintained today.
GROWING
Red List classification, from population, five year trajectory and survival against peak. Reviewed each census.
28
licensed vehicles
2025 census
2025 census
2.0% of the peak fleet remains licensed
98
declared SORN
total surviving
peak 1,388 in 1994 · +4 vehicles a year, five year trend
Population history
Licensed and SORN vehicles at each census. The filters below apply to the family population, MOT and registration figures. They do not alter the generation history above.
Licensed
SORN
Latest census observation
Inside the surviving fleet
AutoCensus parses every DVLA variant description, so the fleet can be read by fuel and specification rather than as one number.
First registrations by year
When surviving examples first joined the British fleet.
New registrations
Vehicles first registered each year. A fleet still being sold shows here; a finished one shows only imports.
MOT reliability
DVSA test results for this family, 2005 to 2025.
Pass rate by year
| Failure reason | Failures | Share of all tests |
|---|---|---|
| Deliberate modification which significantly reduces the original strength, excessive corrosion, severe distortion, a fracture or an inadequate repair of a load bearing member or its supporting structure or supporting panelling within 30cm of any sub- | 5 | 6.4% |
| Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured but not adversely affecting driver's view | 4 | 5.1% |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 2 | 2.6% |
| Excessive play in swivel joint | 2 | 2.6% |
| A wiper blade insecure, missing or in such a condition that it does not clear the windscreen effectively to give the driver an adequate view of the road (through the windscreen) to the left and right sides of the vehicle, as well as to the front | 2 | 2.6% |
| Brake performance unable to be tested | 2 | 2.6% |
| The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements | 2 | 2.6% |
| The braking efforts at the road wheels do not increase at about the same rate when the service brake is applied gradually | 2 | 2.6% |
Counted across every recorded test, 2005 to 2025. Advisories are excluded.
Where the F50 remains
Based on MOT test locations, 2025. Test location is a proxy: a vehicle is counted where it was last tested, not where it is kept.
| Postcode area | Vehicles tested | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| AB | 1 | 100% |
| TN | 1 | 100% |
How this record was calculated
LATEST CENSUS2025
POPULATION SOURCEDVLA VEH0220 annual
HISTORY SOURCEDVLA VEH0120 GB · to 2013
MOT SOURCEDVSA results · to 2025
FAMILY DEFINITIONDAIHATSU F50
PROCESSED20 Sep 2026
Full methodology
Population history combines DVLA VEH0120 Q4 census observations through 2013 with the annual VEH0220 census from 2014 onward. Figures before 2014 cover Great Britain only. Historical VEH0120 is used only when its overlapping UK observations reconcile to the current canonical family definition. Vehicles are grouped into this family using the DVLA GenModel together with durable routing rules for known inconsistencies.
Variant figures are parsed from raw DVLA model descriptions and the original string is always retained. Configuration is only assigned where the model description explicitly identifies it; a blank configuration is not treated as a two door Wrangler. Blank transmission fields are shown as manual because DVLA records the field for automatic vehicles.
MOT figures count tests, not vehicles, and geographic figures count each vehicle at its most recent test location. The decline projection is a straight line fitted to the latest five years and is illustrative only.