Cars on UK roads
How many MG S5 cars are on UK roads?
8,699 MG S5 cars were licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026, with another 25 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT and DVLA licensing statistics. That is up 858.0% on a year earlier and 1.9% of all licensed MG cars, making it number 8 of the 9 MG models listed here and number 345 of 408 models nationally.
Data to 2026-06-30 · Page updated 2026-09-28 · Publisher: 73 Auto
- Licensed in GB
- 8,699
- end of June 2026, DfT VEH0120
- Change in a year
- +858.0%
- all cars: +1.5%
- Typical year of first use
- —
- median, UK, 31 Dec 2025 (all cars: 2016)
What the numbers say about the MG S5
The number of MG S5s on the road is up 858.0% on a year earlier, ahead of the +1.5% for all cars and ahead of MG as a whole (+22.6%). That is the highest quarter-end figure in the series, which starts in June 2016.
8,203 MG S5s were first registered in the UK from July 2025 to June 2026, 100% of them battery electric.
100% of licensed MG S5s are battery electric, against 6% of all cars. Electric and plug-in hybrid versions make up 100.0% (all cars: 8.8%).
MG S5s licensed, year by year
Official data: cars licensed (taxed, or exempt and on the road) in Great Britain at the end of each June. The peak in this series was 8,699 at the end of June 2026, the latest quarter, so numbers are still at their highest.
| Quarter end | Licensed | Change on a year earlier |
|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 8,699 | +858.0% |
| June 2025 | 908 | — |
| June 2024 | 0 | — |
| June 2023 | 0 | — |
| June 2022 | 0 | — |
| June 2021 | 0 | — |
| June 2020 | 0 | — |
| June 2019 | 0 | — |
| June 2018 | 0 | — |
| June 2017 | 0 | — |
| June 2016 | 0 | — |
MG S5s by fuel type
| Fuel (DfT category) | Licensed | Share | All cars |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery electric | 8,699 | 100.0% | 5.9% |
Other MG models on UK roads
Limitations
Licensed means taxed or tax-exempt and allowed on the road at the quarter end; SORN cars are registered but declared off the road. DfT groups cars by its own “generic model” (MG S5), which 73 Auto maps to the MG S5; body styles and derivatives sold under that name are included. The Great Britain quarterly figures and the UK annual age table are separate official tables, so their totals differ slightly.
Check a specific MG S5 before you buy
Enter the registration to see that MG S5's own MOT history, tax status and what it will cost to run. Your first check is free and shows the vehicle summary and its headline ownership cost. The category-by-category breakdown is part of a paid check.
UK number plate or 17-character VIN
Where these figures come from
- Vehicle licensing statistics data files: VEH0120 (GB), VEH0124 and VEH0160 (UK) — Department for Transport and DVLA. Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Shares, changes, rankings and the still-licensed indication (73 Auto analysis of the DfT files) — 73 Auto. Derived figures.
Figures labelled as 73 Auto estimates are our own analysis of these sources, set out in the methodology and data sources. To report a factual error, see corrections.