DATSUN · DATSUN NISSAN SKYLINE · Cars
As of 2026 Q2, 1 DATSUN NISSAN SKYLINE remains 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 2022 Q2. Numbers have held broadly steady over recent years rather than falling away — often the mark of a model that owners deliberately preserve. In all, the DATSUN NISSAN SKYLINE is rarer than 93% of the 2,315 UK car models we track, putting it firmly in 2026's endangered class.
Genuinely rare — only 1 left on UK roads.
Rarer than 93% 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, 1 DATSUN NISSAN SKYLINE were still registered in the UK — 0 licensed and on the road, plus 1 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The DATSUN NISSAN SKYLINE is genuinely rare, with only 1 left, making it rarer than 93% of the 2,315 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of DATSUN NISSAN SKYLINE on UK roads held steady.
Most DATSUN NISSAN SKYLINE run on petrol — about 100% of those still registered.
The DATSUN NISSAN SKYLINE peaked at 1 registered in 2022 Q2, and was first recorded in the data in 2022 Q2.