575
Morris · on record 1994 to 2025
Morris 575 is an unusual model description that appears more like a historic commercial or capacity based registration designation than a recognised passenger car family. Morris produced numerous light vans and utilities whose official and registration names varied over time. Exact classification requires year and body details, so this record is best treated as unresolved until supporting data can establish whether it belongs to a car or commercial vehicle.
Red List classification, from population, five year trajectory and survival against peak. Reviewed each census.
2025 census
0.7% of the peak fleet remains licensed
peak 6,868 in 1994 · +6 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.
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 supporting panelling within 30cm of any sub- | 52 | 8.6% |
| 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- | 40 | 6.6% |
| 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 | 25 | 4.1% |
| A major leak of exhaust gases from any part of the system | 18 | 3.0% |
| A rigid brake pipe excessively chafed, corroded or damaged | 16 | 2.6% |
| Any deliberate modification, excessive corrosion, damage, fracture or inadequate repair not within a prescribed area which adversely affects braking or steering by severely reducing the strength of a main load bearing structural member. | 13 | 2.2% |
| The windscreen washers do not provide enough liquid to clear the windscreen in conjunction with the wiper(s) | 13 | 2.2% |
| Little or no braking effort is recorded from the brake on any wheel, indicating clearly that the brake is not functioning correctly | 12 | 2.0% |
Counted across every recorded test, 2005 to 2025. Advisories are excluded.
Where the 575 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SA | 2 | 50% |
| BH | 2 | 50% |
| IP | 2 | 50% |
| NR | 1 | 100% |
| NG | 1 | 100% |
| SS | 1 | 100% |
How this record was calculated
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.