1400

Mitsubishi · on record 1994 to 2018

The Mitsubishi 1400 belongs to an earlier naming era when model numbers often reflected engine size, market position or an internal series rather than a modern family name. Early Mitsubishi registrations sometimes used engine capacity or simple numerical descriptions before Colt, Galant and Lancer naming became consistent in Britain. The 1400 now belongs mainly to enthusiast ownership, where age, originality, parts support and restoration effort determine survival more than its former market position.

EXTINCT ON ROAD

Red List classification, from population, five year trajectory and survival against peak. Reviewed each census.

0 licensed vehicles
2018 census

0.0% of the peak fleet remains licensed PEAK PREDATES RECORDS

declared SORN

total surviving

peak 4 in 1994 · −0 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 SOURCE DVLA VEH0120 / VEH0220

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, 2006 to 2022.

Pass rate by year

Failure reason	Failures	Share of all tests
Any deliberate modification, excessive corrosion, damage, cracks or inadequate repair of a load bearing body or chassis member which seriously affects its strength within 30cm of the body mountings	3	21.4%
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-	2	14.3%
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	14.3%
A brake lining or pad insecure or less than 1.5mm thick at any point	2	14.3%
The windscreen washers do not provide enough liquid to clear the windscreen in conjunction with the wiper(s)	2	14.3%
Excessive wear in a pin and/or bush or pin/bearing, for example: 2mm for a 12mm diameter pin; 3mm for a 25mm diameter pin; 10% of the pin diameter for pins over 25mm diameter	2	14.3%
A major leak of exhaust gases from any part of the system	1	7.1%
A fluid leakage serious enough to indicate that the fluid seal of the shock absorber has failed	1	7.1%

Counted across every recorded test, 2006 to 2022. Advisories are excluded.

Where the 1400 remains

Based on MOT test locations, 2022. 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
E	1	0%

How this record was calculated

LATEST CENSUS2018

POPULATION SOURCEDVLA VEH0220 annual

HISTORY SOURCEDVLA VEH0120 GB · to 2013

MOT SOURCEDVSA results · to 2022

FAMILY DEFINITIONMITSUBISHI 1400

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.