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How many MG ZS cars are on UK roads?

138,005 MG ZS cars were licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026, with another 3,040 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT and DVLA licensing statistics. That is up 18.8% on a year earlier and 29.8% of all licensed MG cars, making it number 1 of the 9 MG models listed here and number 71 of 408 models nationally.

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Data to 2026-06-30 · Page updated 2026-09-28 · Publisher: 73 Auto

Licensed in GB: 138,005; end of June 2026, DfT VEH0120
Change in a year: +18.8%; all cars: +1.5%
Typical year of first use: 2023; median, UK, 31 Dec 2025 (all cars: 2016)

What the numbers say about the MG ZS

The number of MG ZSs on the road is up 18.8% on a year earlier, ahead of the +1.5% for all cars and behind MG as a whole (+22.6%). That is the highest quarter-end figure in the series, which starts in June 2016.

22,730 MG ZSs were first registered in the UK from July 2025 to June 2026, 90% of them hybrid electric (petrol).

54% of licensed MG ZSs are petrol, against 54% of all cars. Electric and plug-in hybrid versions make up 20.9% (all cars: 8.8%).

1% of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2015 or earlier (all cars: 44%), and 2.2% of registered MG ZSs are SORN against 9.9% of all cars.

Of the 5,329 MG ZSs first registered in 2018, 94% were still licensed at the end of 2025, against 90% of all cars first registered that year (73 Auto analysis; see the table below).

MG ZSs 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 138,005 at the end of June 2026, the latest quarter, so numbers are still at their highest.

MG ZSs licensed in Great Britain at the end of each June
Quarter end	Licensed	Change on a year earlier
June 2026	138,005	+18.8%
June 2025	116,137	+24.1%
June 2024	93,604	+33.4%
June 2023	70,167	+41.1%
June 2022	49,711	+45.4%
June 2021	34,192	+66.1%
June 2020	20,586	+72.7%
June 2019	11,923	+88.3%
June 2018	6,331	+21.2%
June 2017	5,223	−24.7%
June 2016	6,935	—

MG ZSs by fuel type

MG ZSs licensed in Great Britain by fuel type, end of June 2026
Fuel (DfT category)	Licensed	Share	All cars
Petrol	74,509	54.0%	54.3%
Hybrid electric (petrol)	34,528	25.0%	9.0%
Battery electric	28,915	20.9%	5.9%
Diesel	50	0.0%	27.5%

Official data, end of June 2026. Fuel types with fewer than 10 cars are not listed.

How old MG ZSs on the road are

Official data from DfT table VEH0124: cars licensed and SORN at 31 December 2025 in the whole UK, by the year the car was first used (for a car imported used, that is its first use abroad). This table is annual and UK-wide, so its total (127,557 licensed) differs from the quarterly Great Britain figure.

MG ZSs by year of first use, UK, 31 December 2025
First used	Licensed	Share of licensed	SORN
2025	24,043	18.9%	170
2024	21,904	17.2%	50
2023	23,904	18.7%	123
2022	17,081	13.4%	126
2021	14,384	11.3%	89
2020	11,790	9.2%	93
2019	8,266	6.5%	78
2018	5,018	3.9%	43
2017	336	0.3%	5
2008	2	0.0%	0
2007	0	0.0%	1
2006	30	0.0%	66
2005 and earlier	799	0.6%	2,465

How many MG ZSs are still on the road

73 Auto analysis of two official tables: cars first registered in the UK each year (VEH0160) and cars of that year of first use still licensed at 31 December 2025 (VEH0124). The ratio is an indication, not a tracked cohort: imported used cars and cars exported, scrapped or declared off the road all move the figure, and years where the ratio exceeded 100% or fewer than 1,000 cars were registered are left out.

MG ZSs first registered each year and still licensed at 31 December 2025
Year	First registered	Licensed end 2025	Still licensed	All cars
2024	23,883	21,904	91.7%	93.9%
2023	24,817	23,904	96.3%	93.5%
2022	18,369	17,081	93.0%	90.4%
2021	15,252	14,384	94.3%	91.6%
2020	12,484	11,790	94.4%	91.8%
2019	8,772	8,266	94.2%	91.3%
2018	5,329	5,018	94.2%	90.0%

First registrations: UK, calendar years. Licensed: UK, 31 December 2025. Cars first registered in the last 12 months (July 2025 to June 2026): 22,730.

Other MG models on UK roads

MG models licensed in Great Britain, end of June 2026
Model	Licensed	Share of MG	Change in a year
MG HS	125,032	27.0%	+31.1%
MG MG3	55,715	12.0%	+31.0%
MG MG4	50,442	10.9%	+18.7%
MG MGB	24,809	5.4%	no change
MG MG5	15,152	3.3%	+0.3%
MG Midget	9,022	1.9%	−0.5%
MG S5	8,699	1.9%	+858.0%
MG TF	7,105	1.5%	−7.8%

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 ZS), which 73 Auto maps to the MG ZS as named in our list-price catalogue; 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.

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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.