Montero

Mitsubishi · on record 2002 to 2025

The Mitsubishi Montero is the name used for the Pajero and Shogun 4 wheel drive family in several overseas markets, so UK registrations usually indicate imports. The Montero appealed mainly to buyers seeking a more sporting or distinctive choice than the maker's ordinary range. As the Montero ages, performance heritage and enthusiast demand give better examples a reason to be preserved even when routine daily use becomes less attractive.

EXTINCT ON ROAD

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

0 licensed vehicles
2025 census

0.0% of the peak fleet remains licensed

declared SORN

total surviving

peak 10 in 2004 · 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, 2005 to 2025.

Pass rate by year

Failure reason	Failures	Share of all tests
A mandatory rear fog lamp inoperative or less than 50% of the light sources illuminating	22	4.2%
Amalgamation of failures for all headlamp testers	19	3.6%
A suspension joint dust cover severely deteriorated	18	3.4%
A rigid brake pipe excessively chafed, corroded or damaged	14	2.7%
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	11	2.1%
Excessive play in a ball joint	10	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	9	1.7%
An obligatory lamp inoperative or less than 50% of the light sources illuminating	8	1.5%

Counted across every recorded test, 2005 to 2025. Advisories are excluded.

Where the Montero 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
SL	2	50%
MK	2	50%
TR	2	50%
EX	1	100%
G	1	100%
WR	1	100%
CM	1	100%
FY	1	100%
CO	1	100%
DL	1	100%
ME	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 DEFINITIONMITSUBISHI MONTERO

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.