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FORD CARDINAL HEARSE Rare

As of 2026 Q1, 298 FORD CARDINAL HEARSEs remain registered in the UK — a genuinely rare sight on today's roads. That's down from a peak of 414 in 2014 Q3 — only 72% of the high-water mark, a loss of about 116 cars. They're disappearing at roughly 15 a year (5.2% of what's left), a pace that would halve the survivors by around 2039 if it held — though in practice the last, most-cherished examples tend to linger far longer. Tellingly, 56% 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.

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Surviving in the UK · 2026 Q1

298

130 licensed168 SORN

▼ 15 (-4.8%) yr/yr

Peak: 414 in 2014 Q3 · first seen 2014 Q3

Survivors over time

How rare is it?

Rare — fewer than 1,000 remain (298 in the latest data).

Rarer than 49% of the 2,429 UK car models we track.

Fuel breakdown

Of the 298 on the road today

Petrol 100%Diesel 0%

📉 Rate of decline

Disappearing at about 15 a year (5.2% of survivors). At that pace roughly 228 would remain in 5 years, and half the current fleet is gone by around ~2039.

A constant-rate projection from the last 3 years. The last survivors tend to linger far longer than this — cherished cars don't vanish on a fixed date.