Makes / Lamborghini / Murcielago
Murcielago
Lamborghini · on record 2002 to 2025
The Lamborghini Murcielago was the first new V12 flagship developed after Audi took control of the company, replacing the Diablo with more modern structure, electronics and 4 wheel drive. It retained the traditional scissor doors and naturally aspirated V12 that defined large Lamborghinis. Production remained limited compared with later models, and the car now occupies an increasingly collectible position between the analogue 1990s era and modern supercars.
ENDANGERED
Red List classification, from population, five year trajectory and survival against peak. Reviewed each census.
55
licensed vehicles
2025 census
2025 census
34.2% of the peak fleet remains licensed
139
declared SORN
total surviving
peak 161 in 2009 · −2 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
At the average decline recorded over the latest five years, the licensed fleet would reach zero around 2051.
Illustrative projection only; vehicle populations rarely decline linearly. Late fleets typically flatten as surviving examples enter preservation.
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.
Recent UK first registrations
This family is no longer sold new. These figures are imports and historic vehicles joining the British register for the first time.
MOT reliability
DVSA test results for this family, 2005 to 2025.
Pass rate by year
| Failure reason | Failures | Share of all tests |
|---|---|---|
| The parking brake efficiency recorded on the decelerometer is too low | 26 | 1.0% |
| A stop lamp inoperative or less than 50% of the light sources illuminating | 20 | 0.7% |
| A registration plate with characters which are obviously not the correct height, character width, stroke width, not of equal width along their entire length or incorrectly spaced | 17 | 0.6% |
| Amalgamation of failures for all headlamp testers | 17 | 0.6% |
| During the 2nd fast idle test the carbon monoxide (co) exceeds the vehicle specific or default limits continuously for the last 5 seconds of the 30 second countdown: | 15 | 0.6% |
| Amalgamation of failures for all headlamp testers | 12 | 0.4% |
| 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 | 9 | 0.3% |
| During the 2nd fast idle test the lambda (l) exceeds the vehicle specific limits continuously for the last 5 seconds of the 30 second countdown | 9 | 0.3% |
Counted across every recorded test, 2005 to 2025. Advisories are excluded.
Where the Murcielago 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TN | 9 | 89% |
| OX | 8 | 100% |
| RH | 6 | 100% |
| HP | 5 | 100% |
| GL | 5 | 80% |
| RG | 5 | 100% |
| CO | 4 | 75% |
| EN | 4 | 100% |
| LE | 4 | 50% |
| GU | 4 | 100% |
| SL | 3 | 100% |
| SN | 3 | 100% |
| E | 2 | 100% |
| BS | 2 | 100% |
| SK | 2 | 100% |
| HD | 2 | 100% |
| AL | 2 | 100% |
| G | 2 | 50% |
| LS | 2 | 100% |
| NW | 2 | 100% |
| B | 2 | 100% |
| BH | 2 | 100% |
| WD | 2 | 100% |
| IG | 2 | 100% |
| SG | 1 | 100% |
| ST | 1 | 100% |
| DE | 1 | 100% |
| WR | 1 | 100% |
| CM | 1 | 100% |
| WN | 1 | 100% |
| DN | 1 | 100% |
| KT | 1 | 100% |
| PA | 1 | 100% |
| SA | 1 | 100% |
| NN | 1 | 100% |
| ME | 1 | 100% |
| SO | 1 | 100% |
| BL | 1 | 100% |
| PO | 1 | 100% |
| CT | 1 | 100% |
| PE | 1 | 100% |
| S | 1 | 100% |
| DA | 1 | 100% |
| UB | 1 | 100% |
| L | 1 | 100% |
| CH | 1 | 100% |
| SW | 1 | 0% |
| MK | 1 | 100% |
| EH | 1 | 100% |
| WF | 1 | 100% |
| YO | 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 DEFINITIONLAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO
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.