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How many 036´s are left?
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I did not receive any information of further cars being scraped, if you have pictures or VIN numbers kindly post them . I can cross check with my list.
Why was there none in the 90s ?In Finland there are 'left' infinity. Originally on 90's none where regstered, today the population is about 80 cars.
Shall we make world wide gallup?
I guess it means no new 124.036 were sold in Finland in the 90's, but all the 80 cars as of today are later imports. As in Norway only 2-3 cars were new car registrations, the other 60+ cars are later imports - which is counting year by year.
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Again, this has been discussed in the past on this forum with figures from Germany and other countries. I guess we need to consolidate all of these scattered discussions in a single thread, as there have been various country totals reported in various threads (not the US, however).But the OP was asking a bout the 10K+ worldwide, not USA.
Bottom line, is that there is NO WAY to research and compile a definitive number of worldwide surviving E500Es. Simply because the data would have to be compiled from dozens of countries, many of which don't allow the reporting of vehicular registration information due to privacy laws, systemic inability to compile the data, and so forth.
So, other than an educated guess, IT IS A MOOT & FUTILE POINT TO TRY TO ASCERTAIN THE NUMBER OF SURVIVING E500ES WORLDWIDE.
Please re-read and repeat the previous sentence out loud. Sure it is possible for individual countries, such as Germany or the Netherlands, but it is impossible for many other countries and US states.
Out of the 60+ cars here in Norway is at least 15 unregistered for various reasons like; not customs cleared, resto objects, damages or running issues. And except for the import/custom, I guess that is a similar situation in other countries as well.
Gerry, I think you had a guess on 6-7000 cars some years ago, where 1/3 of them could be considered as good running condition. Although it's impossible to find an exact number, it could interesting to see a rough estimate of the total numbers today.
Gerry, I think you had a guess on 6-7000 cars some years ago, where 1/3 of them could be considered as good running condition. Although it's impossible to find an exact number, it could interesting to see a rough estimate of the total numbers today.
I personally believe that out of the nearly 10,500 cars produced, that there are probably around two-thirds of them actually still in circulation, which would make around 6,700 in total, worldwide. And out of those, I'd expect that around 5,000 are actual running cars, with the others non-running/sitting, undergoing restoration, and so forth.
So, roughly half of total production is still in active use/on the road. That's a pretty high percentage.
Of course those are my personal guesses. But there are A LOT of cars out there, and new cars come out of the woodwork regularly. I would say that at least with US cars, we have tracked/identified the majority of them over the years (although I do not have the VIN numbers of a lot of our members' cars). But there were only 1,500+ cars brought into the US, so honestly, not that many to track. I have believed for a long time that around 1,000 of the US cars are still in circulation, and this number likely goes down by ~10-12 cars a year due to accidents, neglect/parking, and other causes.
People worldwide hoarded/conserved these cars from the get-go, knowing they were something special, and this is reflected in the relatively high numbers of them that you see still in existence and active use.
So, roughly half of total production is still in active use/on the road. That's a pretty high percentage.
Of course those are my personal guesses. But there are A LOT of cars out there, and new cars come out of the woodwork regularly. I would say that at least with US cars, we have tracked/identified the majority of them over the years (although I do not have the VIN numbers of a lot of our members' cars). But there were only 1,500+ cars brought into the US, so honestly, not that many to track. I have believed for a long time that around 1,000 of the US cars are still in circulation, and this number likely goes down by ~10-12 cars a year due to accidents, neglect/parking, and other causes.
People worldwide hoarded/conserved these cars from the get-go, knowing they were something special, and this is reflected in the relatively high numbers of them that you see still in existence and active use.
Thanks 500AMM. That's right.
The taxes were huge on those times that no one did pay them.
