How many Ford Orions are left?
291 are on the road in Great Britain and 1,334 are declared off the road. A thousand or fewer on the road.
Looking at one? Check its own record:
Registered as cars
291
on the road in Great Britain
plus 1,334 declared off the road
Rare
- Most on the road
- 456,680, when records start (the end of 1994)
- Still on the road
- 1% of the most there were
- Since 2021
- Down 11% (326 to 291)
Registered as vans
4
on the road in Great Britain
plus 1 declared off the road
Ultra rare
- Most on the road
- 861, the end of 1998
- Still on the road
- 1% of the most there were
- Since 2021
- Down 33% (6 to 4)
Every version, as the DVLA records it
The model name on the logbook. Some are the same car recorded in slightly different ways, and a few are typing mistakes.
| Version | On the road | Off the road | Most there were |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orion Ghia I | 109 | 373 | 96,346 (1994) |
| Orion L | 32 | 147 | 90,867 (1994) |
| Orion GL 5SPD | 20 | 116 | 62,835 (1994) |
| Orion LX | 21 | 152 | 54,941 (1994) |
| Orion Ghia 5SPD | 27 | 71 | 29,266 (1994) |
| Orion LX I | 5 | 61 | 13,759 (1994) |
| Orion GL 4SPD | 4 | 8 | 9,728 (1994) |
| Orion Ghia Auto | 11 | 29 | 8,709 (1994) |
| Orion GL | 4 | 13 | 8,681 (1994) |
| Orion Equipe | 10 | 62 | 8,061 (1994) |
| Orion L Auto | 6 | 13 | 7,332 (1994) |
| Orion LX Diesel | 0 | 23 | 6,618 (1994) |
| Orion LD Diesel | 1 | 16 | 6,192 (1994) |
| Orion Encore | 2 | 24 | 5,807 (1994) |
| Orion GL Auto | 4 | 14 | 4,578 (1994) |
| Orion GLX | 1 | 11 | 4,403 (1995) |
| Orion L 4SP | 1 | 3 | 3,431 (1994) |
| Orion L 5SP | 2 | 8 | 3,421 (1994) |
| Orion Ghia SI | 2 | 30 | 3,371 (1994) |
| Orion GLD Diesel | 1 | 12 | 3,263 (1994) |
| Orion GLS I | 2 | 20 | 3,260 (1994) |
| Orion Ghia | 8 | 15 | 3,132 (1996) |
| Orion Quartz | 0 | 8 | 2,716 (1995) |
| Orion Classic | 3 | 8 | 2,695 (1994) |
| Orion Biscayne | 1 | 5 | 2,464 (1994) |
| Orion L Diesel | 0 | 1 | 2,248 (1994) |
| Orion DX Diesel | 2 | 9 | 1,524 (1994) |
| Orion LX Auto | 2 | 5 | 1,517 (1994) |
| Orion GL Plus | 0 | 4 | 1,237 (1994) |
| Orion DL | 0 | 8 | 1,225 (1994) |
| Orion E | 9 | 59 | 1,164 (1994) |
| Orion GLX Diesel | 0 | 3 | 657 (1995) |
| Orion Equipe D | 0 | 1 | 434 (1994) |
| Orion Quartz D | 0 | 1 | 336 (1994) |
| Orion GLX Auto | 0 | 0 | 194 (1996) |
| Orion Ghia Diesel | 0 | 0 | 124 (1994) |
| Orion Freedom | 0 | 0 | 54 (1998) |
| Orion LX D Turbo | 0 | 1 | 54 (1994) |
| Orion Quartz A | 0 | 0 | 48 (1994) |
| Orion GLX I | 0 | 0 | 44 (1994) |
| Orion Equipe D TRB | 0 | 0 | 32 (1999) |
| Orion DX | 0 | 0 | 28 (1994) |
| Orion Ghia D Turbo | 0 | 0 | 10 (1997) |
| Orion GL Plus Diesel | 0 | 0 | 10 (1994) |
| Orion GL Plus Auto | 1 | 0 | 6 (1994) |
| Orion DX Auto | 0 | 0 | 2 (1996) |
| Orion Freedom Diesel | 0 | 0 | 1 (1998) |
What the numbers mean
- On the road means licensed: taxed, or exempt from tax, at the end of June 2026.
- Off the road means declared SORN: still registered but not used on public roads, often stored, being restored or waiting to be sold.
- Counts are for Great Britain and come from the DVLA. Records start in 1994, so older cars may have been more common before then.
Buying one?
Rare or not, check the one in front of you: its MOT history, mileage and tax are free, and the full check adds finance, write-off and theft.
Source: Department for Transport and DVLA vehicle licensing statistics for Great Britain, table VEH0120, to the end of June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.