LEYLAND CARS · LEYLAND CARS PRINCESS · Cars
Genuinely rare — only 60 left on UK roads.
Rarer than 64% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Disappearing at about 1 a year (1.1% of survivors). At that pace roughly 57 would remain in 5 years, and half the current fleet is gone by around ~2089.
The Princess is a large family car produced in the United Kingdom by the Austin-Morris division of British Leyland from 1975 until 1981 (1982 in New Zealand). The car inherited a front-wheel drive / transverse engine configuration from its predecessr, the Austin/Morris 1800 range. This was still unusual in Europe for family cars of this type and gave the Princess a cabin space advantage when compared with similarly sized cars from competing manufacturers. The car, which had the design code ADO71, was originally marketed as the Austin / Morris / Wolseley 18–22 series. Ahead of the October 1975 London...
As of 2025 Q4, 60 LEYLAND CARS PRINCESS were still registered in the UK — 23 licensed and on the road, plus 37 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The LEYLAND CARS PRINCESS is genuinely rare, with only 60 left, making it rarer than 64% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of LEYLAND CARS PRINCESS on UK roads held steady. At the current rate of decline, roughly 57 would remain in 5 years.
Most LEYLAND CARS PRINCESS run on petrol — about 100% of those still registered.
The LEYLAND CARS PRINCESS peaked at 63 registered in 2022 Q1, and was first recorded in the data in 2014 Q3.