Caterham, MOT record and UK numbers

3,090 Caterhams are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 89.3% of initial MOT tests, 17 points above the 72.3% UK average and 5th of 63 makes.

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Caterham models

Caterham has one model with its own page, the Seven.

Seven 1,991 MOT tests 88.2% Seven MOT pass rate 23.4 years

Pass rates are for initial MOT tests in 2025.

Caterham at the MOT

89.3% of 3,664 initial MOT tests passed in 2025, placing Caterham 5th of 63 makes.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

Caterham89.3%
All cars72.3%

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Pass rate by age at test

Every Caterham tested in 2025.

3 to 5 years346 tests89%
6 to 10 years566 tests92.8%
11 years and over2,695 tests88.5%

Caterhams in the UK

3,090 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has grown 42% since the end of 2014.

Change since 2014: +42%from 2,170 licensed
Typical year of first use: 2011half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2011 or earlier
First registered in 2025: 79against 253 in 2017
Declared off the road: 2,34943% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Caterhams since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

2014 2017 2020 Q2 2026 3,090

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Date	Licensed
End of 2014	2,170
End of 2015	2,215
End of 2016	2,331
End of 2017	2,458
End of 2018	2,459
End of 2019	2,419
End of 2020	2,289
End of 2021	2,376
End of 2022	2,404
End of 2023	2,287
End of 2024	2,180
End of 2025	2,117
End of June 2026	3,090

How old they are

Licensed Caterhams by year of first use.

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Licensed at the end of 2025
First registered that year

A further 628 were first used before 2006.

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First used	Licensed, end 2025	First registered that year
2025	65	79
2024	90	133
2023	88	183
2022	83	176
2021	76	173
2020	68	138
2019	93	225
2018	92	224
2017	97	253
2016	73	192
2015	28	70
2014	21
2013	55
2012	76
2011	63
2010	83
2009	60
2008	79
2007	74
2006	54

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Across the 1,394 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off.

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MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded). Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.