Tipo
Fiat · on record 1994 to 2025
The Fiat Tipo name first appeared on the boxy 1988 family hatchback, a spacious and technically modern car that won European Car of the Year for 1989. Fiat revived the name decades later for a value focused family range offered as hatchback, saloon and estate, so the register can contain two very different generations. The older cars now survive mainly through enthusiast care, while the newer Tipo remains defined by straightforward space and affordability rather than nostalgia.
GROWING
Red List classification, from population, five year trajectory and survival against peak. Reviewed each census.
12,958
licensed vehicles
2025 census
2025 census
19.8% of the peak fleet remains licensed
535
declared SORN
total surviving
peak 65,452 in 1995 · +22 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 |
|---|---|---|
| A rigid brake pipe excessively chafed, corroded or damaged | 4,347 | 3.8% |
| Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen | 2,773 | 2.4% |
| Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements | 2,659 | 2.3% |
| A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 2,167 | 1.9% |
| The grooves of the tread pattern are not at least 1.6mm throughout a continuous band comprising the central three-quarters of the breadth of tread, and round the entire outer circumference of the tyre | 1,951 | 1.7% |
| Little or no braking effort is recorded from the brake on any wheel, indicating clearly that the brake is not functioning correctly | 1,921 | 1.7% |
| A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage | 1,890 | 1.7% |
| 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 | 1,887 | 1.7% |
Counted across every recorded test, 2005 to 2025. Advisories are excluded.
Where the Tipo 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 |
|---|---|---|
| B | 495 | 81% |
| SA | 415 | 78% |
| CV | 404 | 80% |
| CF | 333 | 77% |
| S | 319 | 86% |
| NE | 287 | 78% |
| ST | 274 | 80% |
| NP | 254 | 80% |
| G | 249 | 73% |
| PE | 249 | 85% |
| NN | 246 | 78% |
| NG | 227 | 81% |
| LE | 226 | 83% |
| NR | 194 | 80% |
| BS | 192 | 77% |
| WA | 186 | 74% |
| M | 180 | 80% |
| EH | 172 | 79% |
| WF | 168 | 78% |
| WS | 162 | 83% |
| DN | 161 | 80% |
| DE | 155 | 81% |
| TS | 150 | 81% |
| L | 149 | 86% |
| MK | 145 | 79% |
| RG | 144 | 81% |
| LS | 143 | 71% |
| CH | 143 | 79% |
| IP | 142 | 85% |
| YO | 135 | 81% |
| BN | 130 | 80% |
| TF | 129 | 81% |
| CO | 128 | 85% |
| ME | 127 | 81% |
| PO | 123 | 75% |
| PL | 122 | 75% |
| GL | 120 | 75% |
| TN | 118 | 82% |
| WV | 115 | 84% |
| AB | 115 | 71% |
| SN | 111 | 85% |
| SL | 111 | 87% |
| OL | 111 | 84% |
| HU | 109 | 83% |
| SK | 109 | 77% |
| BB | 109 | 84% |
| DY | 108 | 80% |
| HP | 107 | 80% |
| DL | 105 | 76% |
| GU | 103 | 76% |
| RH | 103 | 90% |
| CM | 102 | 77% |
| KY | 101 | 80% |
| RM | 99 | 87% |
| PR | 96 | 81% |
| CW | 94 | 74% |
| SE | 94 | 82% |
| ML | 92 | 76% |
| SO | 92 | 75% |
| KT | 87 | 82% |
| DA | 86 | 87% |
| BL | 86 | 77% |
| CB | 86 | 80% |
| KA | 83 | 81% |
| DD | 81 | 72% |
| TW | 80 | 88% |
| BD | 80 | 80% |
| CT | 80 | 84% |
| LL | 79 | 85% |
| SY | 79 | 84% |
| N | 78 | 92% |
| OX | 78 | 81% |
| SS | 77 | 84% |
| SP | 75 | 76% |
| LU | 75 | 83% |
| E | 75 | 87% |
| IV | 74 | 89% |
| WN | 72 | 72% |
| BA | 68 | 75% |
| HA | 68 | 78% |
| SG | 68 | 85% |
| EN | 68 | 87% |
| EX | 67 | 84% |
| LN | 66 | 83% |
| PA | 65 | 74% |
| DH | 61 | 74% |
| UB | 60 | 88% |
| TR | 57 | 74% |
| IG | 57 | 88% |
| CR | 54 | 87% |
| BH | 54 | 78% |
| FK | 53 | 77% |
| TQ | 53 | 81% |
| SR | 53 | 81% |
| FY | 52 | 77% |
| NW | 51 | 80% |
| AL | 51 | 75% |
| TA | 48 | 79% |
| WR | 47 | 81% |
| LA | 45 | 76% |
| SW | 43 | 84% |
| PH | 42 | 86% |
| CA | 41 | 83% |
| WD | 40 | 82% |
| HG | 34 | 76% |
| DG | 33 | 76% |
| HD | 29 | 79% |
| HX | 27 | 78% |
| BR | 27 | 89% |
| HR | 25 | 76% |
| DT | 23 | 83% |
| SM | 20 | 85% |
| W | 19 | 84% |
| KW | 15 | 80% |
| TD | 9 | 89% |
| LD | 9 | 89% |
| HS | 8 | 100% |
| ZE | 7 | 100% |
How this record was calculated
LATEST CENSUS2025
POPULATION SOURCEDVLA VEH0220 annual
HISTORY SOURCEDVLA VEH0120 GB · to 2013
MOT SOURCEDVSA results · to 2025
FAMILY DEFINITIONFIAT TIPO
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.