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Forgive me if this has been covered before in this Forum, but I have been trying to figure out how many FRS Mark 1's are still in existance, and how many of those are still standard.
For the UK, the DVLA figures record that 1900 cars were originally registered in the 2002-4 time period (interesting as apparently 2147 cars were supplied by Ford...what happened to the others? Poor data? Track cars/exports by owner?). As of Q4 16 DVLA records 1642 cars on its Data base, of which 46 % are SORN. So the attrition rate from 2004 has been about 21 cars per year ,on average using DVL figures. Not sure how that compares to Claytons database, as I have not looked to see if I can filter out non UK cars.
Also..how many of those 1642 cars are still standard, I wonder (Again Claytons data could help here I suspect)
For Europe, Ford data suggests that 2354 cars were originally supplied...if we apply the same sort of attrition rate to those cars as seen in the UK , then there should be about 2000 cars ,making about 3650 cars in total still left. Does that feel about right? (May be a bit optimistic for Europe, given harsher winters, different driving styles etc)
Any comments gratefully recd...some of you may have already done this analysis
For the UK, the DVLA figures record that 1900 cars were originally registered in the 2002-4 time period (interesting as apparently 2147 cars were supplied by Ford...what happened to the others? Poor data? Track cars/exports by owner?). As of Q4 16 DVLA records 1642 cars on its Data base, of which 46 % are SORN. So the attrition rate from 2004 has been about 21 cars per year ,on average using DVL figures. Not sure how that compares to Claytons database, as I have not looked to see if I can filter out non UK cars.
Also..how many of those 1642 cars are still standard, I wonder (Again Claytons data could help here I suspect)
For Europe, Ford data suggests that 2354 cars were originally supplied...if we apply the same sort of attrition rate to those cars as seen in the UK , then there should be about 2000 cars ,making about 3650 cars in total still left. Does that feel about right? (May be a bit optimistic for Europe, given harsher winters, different driving styles etc)
Any comments gratefully recd...some of you may have already done this analysis
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