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Minor

Morris · on record 1994 to 2025

The Morris Minor was a hugely successful small family car produced as saloon, convertible, Traveller estate and light commercial variants. Its simple rear wheel drive mechanicals, friendly styling and strong parts supply made it an enduring entry to classic motoring. Many survive because the model developed enthusiast support before the original vehicle population disappeared, although different body styles now have very different values and preservation rates.

DECLINING

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

14,857 licensed vehicles
2025 census

57.8% of the peak fleet remains licensed

8,757
declared SORN
 
total surviving

peak 25,700 in 1996  ·  −101 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 2171.

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
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- 5,168 6.9%
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- 4,420 5.9%
The calculated parking brake efficiency is too low 3,252 4.4%
The calculated out-of-balance of the brakes across an axle is greater than 30% 3,064 4.1%
The windscreen washers do not provide enough liquid to clear the windscreen in conjunction with the wiper(s) 2,606 3.5%
Little or no braking effort is recorded from the brake on any wheel, indicating clearly that the brake is not functioning correctly 2,267 3.0%
A stop lamp inoperative or less than 50% of the light sources illuminating 1,894 2.5%
A low braking effort is recorded from the parking brake on any wheel, indicating clearly that the brake is not functioning correctly 1,883 2.5%

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

Where the Minor 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 33 97%
BS 28 61%
GL 24 83%
S 23 87%
HX 23 100%
PE 23 87%
NR 22 77%
SO 18 83%
RG 17 82%
CB 16 81%
SN 16 75%
BN 16 62%
GU 16 81%
LE 15 100%
BH 15 80%
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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 DEFINITIONMORRIS MINOR
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.