MERCEDES · MERCEDES VANEO · Cars
Rare — fewer than 1,000 remain (571 in the latest data).
Rarer than 41% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Disappearing at about 75 a year (13.2% of survivors). At that pace roughly 282 would remain in 5 years, and half the current fleet is gone by around ~2030.
The Mercedes-Benz Vaneo is a five-door, seven-seater compact MPV (M-segment in Europe) that was produced by Mercedes-Benz from 2001 to 2005. It used the automobile platform from the first generation Mercedes-Benz A-Class. Up to seven seater capacity was available, but this vehicle was not built as a van, instead it was built as a MPV. The name Vaneo is derived from the word Van, which is used in German for the car types MPV.
As of 2025 Q4, 571 MERCEDES VANEO were still registered in the UK — 259 licensed and on the road, plus 312 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The MERCEDES VANEO is rare — fewer than 1,000 remain (571), making it rarer than 41% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of MERCEDES VANEO on UK roads fell by 47 (7.6%). At the current rate of decline, roughly 282 would remain in 5 years.
Most MERCEDES VANEO run on petrol — about 63% of those still registered, with the rest split across diesel.
The MERCEDES VANEO peaked at 2,159 registered in 2014 Q3, and was first recorded in the data in 2014 Q3.