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Makes / Morgan / 4/4

4/4

Morgan · on record 1994 to 2025

The Morgan 4/4 was the marque's long running 4 cylinder sports car, using traditional styling, an ash framed body structure and a separate chassis across many decades of gradual development. Engines and detailed engineering changed repeatedly while the visual formula remained remarkably consistent. Owners often bought these cars as long term enthusiast possessions, which helps explain why examples from several generations continue to survive in meaningful numbers.

DECLINING

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

1,798 licensed vehicles
2025 census

85.4% of the peak fleet remains licensed

955
declared SORN
 
total surviving

peak 2,106 in 2004  ·  −23 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

At the average decline recorded over the latest five years, the licensed fleet would reach zero around 2104.

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 windscreen washers do not provide enough liquid to clear the windscreen in conjunction with the wiper(s) 480 0.9%
A stop lamp inoperative or less than 50% of the light sources illuminating 461 0.9%
A mandatory rear fog lamp inoperative or less than 50% of the light sources illuminating 387 0.8%
Significant braking effort recorded on a road wheel, even though the brake is not applied, indicating that a brake is binding 384 0.7%
The calculated out-of-balance of the brakes across an axle is greater than 30% 359 0.7%
Significant braking effort recorded on a road wheel, even though the brake is not applied, indicating that a brake is binding 278 0.5%
The anti-slip provision on the brake pedal pad is missing, incomplete, loose or worn smooth 275 0.5%
The calculated parking brake efficiency is too low 271 0.5%

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

Where the 4/4 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 132 90%
MK 80 88%
WR 71 90%
EX 55 84%
SP 54 87%
RG 54 91%
PR 47 96%
CM 40 95%
IP 40 88%
BS 39 95%
SG 39 95%
GL 37 92%
PH 35 91%
CV 33 79%
DN 32 88%
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How this record was calculated

LATEST CENSUS2025
POPULATION SOURCEDVLA VEH0220 annual
HISTORY SOURCEDVLA VEH0120 GB · to 2013
MOT SOURCEDVSA results · to 2025
FAMILY DEFINITIONMORGAN 4/4
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.