DATSUN · DATSUN 100A · Cars
As of 2026 Q2, 86 DATSUN 100As remain registered in the UK — one of the rarest cars in Britain on today's roads. Numbers are at their highest recorded level since the model first appeared in our data in 2014 Q3. Unusually, the numbers are actually rising — up 1 (1.2%) over the past year, as imports and barn-finds rejoin the register faster than cars leave it. Tellingly, 73% are declared SORN — kept off the road in garages and barns rather than driven, the signature of a car being looked after rather than used up. In all, the DATSUN 100A is rarer than 61% of the 2,315 UK car models we track, putting it firmly in 2026's endangered class.
Genuinely rare — only 86 left on UK roads.
Rarer than 61% of the 2,315 UK car models we track.
Datsun (UK: , US: ) was a Japanese automobile manufacturer brand owned by Nissan. Datsun's original production run began in 1931. From 1958 to 1986, only vehicles exported by Nissan were identified as Datsun. Nissan phased out the Datsun brand in March 1986, but relaunched it in June 2013 as the brand for low-cost vehicles manufactured for emerging markets. Nissan considered phasing out the Datsun brand for a second time in 2019 and 2020, eventually discontinuing the struggling brand in April 2022. In 1931, DAT Motorcar Co. chose to name its new small car "Datson", a name which indicated the new...
As of 2026 Q2, 86 DATSUN 100A were still registered in the UK — 23 licensed and on the road, plus 63 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The DATSUN 100A is genuinely rare, with only 86 left, making it rarer than 61% of the 2,315 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of DATSUN 100A on UK roads rose by 1 (1.2%).
Most DATSUN 100A run on petrol — about 100% of those still registered.
The DATSUN 100A peaked at 86 registered in 2025 Q4, and was first recorded in the data in 2014 Q3.