FORD · FORD CARDINAL HEARSE · Cars
As of 2025 Q4, 304 FORD CARDINAL HEARSEs remain registered in the UK — a genuinely rare sight on today's roads. That's down from a peak of 414 in 2014 Q3 — only 73% of the high-water mark, a loss of about 110 cars. They're disappearing at roughly 16 a year (5.1% of what's left), a pace that would halve the survivors by around 2038 if it held — though in practice the last, most-cherished examples tend to linger far longer. Tellingly, 55% are declared SORN — kept off the road in garages and barns rather than driven, the signature of a car being looked after rather than used up.
Rare — fewer than 1,000 remain (304 in the latest data).
Rarer than 48% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Disappearing at about 16 a year (5.1% of survivors). At that pace roughly 234 would remain in 5 years, and half the current fleet is gone by around ~2038.
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As of 2025 Q4, 304 FORD CARDINAL HEARSE were still registered in the UK — 137 licensed and on the road, plus 167 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The FORD CARDINAL HEARSE is rare — fewer than 1,000 remain (304), making it rarer than 48% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of FORD CARDINAL HEARSE on UK roads fell by 10 (3.2%). At the current rate of decline, roughly 234 would remain in 5 years.
Most FORD CARDINAL HEARSE run on petrol — about 100% of those still registered, with the rest split across diesel.
The FORD CARDINAL HEARSE peaked at 414 registered in 2014 Q3, and was first recorded in the data in 2014 Q3.