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How many SEAT Ibiza are left?

203,938. That is how many SEAT Ibiza were still licensed in Great Britain at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DVLA records. One in every 164 cars on the road is one of these, and a further 14,733 are registered but declared off-road (SORN).

203,938 licensed today
1 in 164 cars on GB roads
14,733 off-road (SORN)
1994 peak 219k 2026 Q1

Numbers peaked at 209,486 in 2019. 3% of that peak has since left the road. The grey sliver is cars declared off-road. Great Britain figures, DfT table VEH0120.

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Survival, year by year

The same model ages very differently depending on when it was first registered. For each year of first registration since 2014, this is the most of that year's cars that were ever licensed at once, and how many of them are still licensed today. The three youngest years are shown without a percentage: their peak is still today's count, so it would read 100% and mean nothing.

First registered Most on the road Licensed in 2025 Survival
2014 21,858 19,059 87.2%
2015 19,710 17,886 90.7%
2016 19,582 18,267 93.3%
2017 16,252 15,587 95.9%
2018 13,126 12,648 96.4%
2019 13,371 12,843 96.1%
2020 8,251 7,980 96.7%
2021 8,606 8,316 96.6%
2022 5,271 4,984 94.6%
2023 8,426 8,106 too new
2024 11,268 11,084 too new
2025 10,346 10,346 too new

United Kingdom figures, DfT table VEH0124 (2025); the year-of-first-use dataset begins in 2014. The hardest-worn cohort so far is 2014, at 87.2% surviving.

When they sold

2001 peak 4k/quarter 2026 Q1

New registrations per quarter: the selling life of the model, which is why the fleet curve above rises when it does. Great Britain figures, DfT table VEH0160.

What the survivors run on

1.0-litre petrol 90,990
1.4-litre petrol 58,703
1.2-litre petrol 46,224
1.6-litre diesel 6,641
1.2-litre diesel 4,790
1.5-litre diesel 2,041

Licensed cars by engine size band and fuel. United Kingdom figures, DfT table VEH0220 (2025). 90% of the survivors are manuals.

The trims that lasted

Fr TSI 13%
Toca 11%
SE Technology TSI 5%
Fr Technology TSI 5%
SE 4%

Share of today's licensed fleet, by DVLA model designation.

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Sources: DfT/DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, tables VEH0120 and VEH0160 (Great Britain, 2026 Q1) and VEH0124 and VEH0220 (United Kingdom, 2025). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Cells of 1–4 vehicles are suppressed at source, so very small counts can read slightly low. Download the full dataset (CSV, every model).