Makes / Mitsubishi / Minica
Minica
Mitsubishi · on record 2002 to None
Red List classification, from population, five year trajectory and survival against peak. Reviewed each census.
None census
0.0% of the peak fleet remains licensed
peak 2 in 2002 · −0 vehicles a year, five year trend
Population history
Licensed and SORN vehicles at each census. Filters apply to the population, MOT and registration figures together.
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.
| 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 panelling within 30 cms of a seat belt ancho | 6 | 6.9% |
| Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer | 4 | 4.6% |
| 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 | 4 | 4.6% |
| An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative | 3 | 3.4% |
| Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated | 3 | 3.4% |
| Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer's specified limits | 2 | 2.3% |
| Amalgamation of failures for all headlamp testers | 2 | 2.3% |
| Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen | 2 | 2.3% |
Counted across every recorded test, 2005 to 2025. Advisories are excluded.
Where the Minica 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 |
|---|---|---|
| M | 2 | 50% |
| SG | 2 | 50% |
| CF | 2 | 50% |
| CT | 2 | 50% |
| S | 1 | 100% |
| NG | 1 | 100% |
| WN | 1 | 100% |
| BS | 1 | 100% |
| TS | 1 | 100% |
How this record was calculated
Full methodology
Population figures count vehicles recorded as licensed or SORN in the DVLA quarterly extract. Figures before 2014 cover Great Britain only. Vehicles are grouped into this family by the DVLA GenModel key shown above, with routing rules for known inconsistencies.
Variant figures are parsed from raw DVLA model descriptions and the original string is always retained. 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.