MITSUBISHI · MITSUBISHI TOWN BOX · Cars
As of 2025 Q4, 1 MITSUBISHI TOWN BOX remains registered in the UK — one of the rarest cars in Britain on today's roads. That's down from a peak of 2 in 2015 Q4 — only 50% of the high-water mark, a loss of about 1 cars. They're disappearing at roughly 0 a year (37.8% of what's left), a pace that would halve the survivors by around 2026 if it held — though in practice the last, most-cherished examples tend to linger far longer. In all, the MITSUBISHI TOWN BOX is rarer than 93% of the 2,408 UK car models we track, putting it firmly in 2025's endangered class.
Genuinely rare — only 1 left on UK roads.
Rarer than 93% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Disappearing at about 0 a year (37.8% of survivors). At that pace roughly 0 would remain in 5 years, and half the current fleet is gone by around ~2026.
The Mitsubishi Town Box is a kei car (Town Box) and minivan (Town Box Wide) produced for the Japanese domestic market (JDM) by the Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors. It was initially available with the alloy-headed 4A30 657 cc inline-four engine, but switched to the 3G83 659 cc straight-three engine in 2002. From June 1999 until August 2001, a slightly larger version of the same vehicle powered by a 4A31 1.1 L straight-four, the Mitsubishi Town Box Wide, was also available. The first generation Town Box was discontinued in November 2011, ending the twelve-year production run. The nameplate returned...
As of 2025 Q4, 1 MITSUBISHI TOWN BOX were still registered in the UK — 0 licensed and on the road, plus 1 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The MITSUBISHI TOWN BOX is genuinely rare, with only 1 left, making it rarer than 93% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of MITSUBISHI TOWN BOX on UK roads fell by 1 (50.0%). At the current rate of decline, roughly 0 would remain in 5 years.
Most MITSUBISHI TOWN BOX run on petrol — about 100% of those still registered.
The MITSUBISHI TOWN BOX peaked at 2 registered in 2015 Q4, and was first recorded in the data in 2014 Q3.