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Carry

Suzuki · on record 1999 to 2025

DECLINING

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

3,108 licensed vehicles
2025 census

19.9% of the peak fleet remains licensed

2,354
declared SORN
 
total surviving

peak 15,608 in 2006  ·  −367 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.

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 2033.

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.

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
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 14,253 6.1%
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- 7,224 3.1%
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 7,206 3.1%
Excessive play in a ball joint 6,465 2.8%
The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired 6,178 2.6%
A rigid brake pipe excessively chafed, corroded or damaged 5,881 2.5%
A stop lamp inoperative or less than 50% of the light sources illuminating 5,575 2.4%
An exhaust system not adequately supported 5,409 2.3%

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

Where the Carry 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
PO 185 69%
BN 156 67%
BS 135 67%
BH 116 60%
PL 115 64%
EX 108 67%
TQ 88 64%
TR 82 56%
BA 76 70%
B 75 92%
TN 72 79%
NG 69 72%
S 68 79%
TA 67 69%
NR 66 73%
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How this record was calculated

LATEST CENSUS2025
POPULATION SOURCEDVLA VEH0220 quarterly
HISTORY SOURCEDVLA VEH0120 GB · to 2013
MOT SOURCEDVSA results · to 2025
FAMILY DEFINITIONSUZUKI CARRY
PROCESSED20 Jul 2026
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.