
479 on UK roads in 2025-10 vs 2024
On the road
479
479 licensed
Change vs 2024
-2%
-10 cars
New in 2025
1
first-time registrations
Electrified
0%
hybrid, plug-in & battery
The Daimler SOVEREIGN is a rare sight on UK roads, with 479 licensed in 2025 - down 2% on 2024. 1 was registered new in 2025. The fleet is overwhelmingly petrol (99%), with most in the Over 3.0L class. Most date from the Before 2000 era.
Licensed Daimler SOVEREIGN cars on the road over time
First-time registrations per year
Fuel, engine size and age across every Daimler SOVEREIGN on the road today.
Current split
Engine size
Cars on the road by engine capacity
How old are they?
Share of cars by the year they were first registered
How a Daimler Sovereign holds up at its MOT and how it's driven - from 55 tests, tracked across 2022-2025.
Average for its class
85.7%
55 MOT tests in 2025 · 49 first-time
Pass rate over time
2022
75.3%
2023
71.2%
2024
80.7%
2025
85.7%
▲ 10.4 pts since 2022
First-time pass rate by the car's age (tested in 2025)
Too new for an age breakdown - most haven't reached MOT age (3 years) yet, so there isn't enough history to chart.
How a Daimler Sovereign is driven
tracked across 2022-25miles a year, from 51 cars tracked across years
98%
low · <5k
0%
avg · 5-15k
2%
high · 15k+
Most cover 118-1,017 miles a year (median 344).
Yearly mileage as the car ages
Driven most when newer, easing as it gets older.
Mileage & condition
Odometer when tested (2025)
Typical odometer rising: 57,830 → 51,801 → 51,245 → 57,987
Pass rate as the odometer climbs
First-time pass rate by fuel
Not enough data.
A 2025 Daimler Sovereign passes first time 85.7% of the time - above the 77.6% UK average. The typical one is driven about 1,170 miles a year, and reliability is mostly about miles: 100% of low-mileage cars pass versus 0% past 120k.
Of 7 first-time fails, here's what gets flagged most. Most cars fail on more than one item, so shares add up past 100%.
Share of failed tests, by area
Exact items most often recorded as the reason a car failed
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