Popular car models could disappear from UK roads forever and become EXTINCT

MANY fashionable car models could soon vanish from UK roads everlastingly and go extinct.

Experts person warned that these vehicles could look a swift diminution "as the automotive manufacture shifts towards electrical vehicles."

A caller survey by car parts marketplace Ovoko looked astatine the astir fashionable petrol and diesel car models from YouGov and calculated the complaint of diminution successful the fig of registrations successful the UK.

This was past modelled to spot which fashionable vehicles are successful diminution oregon rising, and however agelong it volition instrumentality each to get to astir zero registrations oregon scope "extinction."

The information showed that the Hyundai Coupé volition beryllium the archetypal to vanish from roads, with registrations expected to driblet to zero connected August 28, 2026.

Just a fistful of the models tin beryllium recovered connected online car marketplaces, galore of which outgo little than £4,000.

The South Korean marque ended accumulation of the Coupé, besides known arsenic the Tiburon extracurricular of Europe, successful 2008, with humble income passim its 12 years of production.

Second successful enactment to vanish is the Renault Megane, with information suggesting that the exemplary volition beryllium made extinct connected July 7, 2029.

It was conscionable 2 years agone that the French marque launched the Megane E-Tech to instrumentality implicit the fossil substance powered vehicle's mantle.

It comes equipped with a full scope of 285 miles, goes 0-62mph successful conscionable 7.5 seconds and tin complaint up to 186 miles of artillery successful 30 minutes of charging.

Vytas Palovis, Vice President of Growth astatine Ovoko, said: "Petrol and diesel car models are facing a swift diminution arsenic the automotive manufacture shifts towards electrical vehicles.

"With expanding regulatory pressures, stricter emissions standards, and increasing user request for eco-friendly options, galore accepted fuel-powered cars are apt to spot a captious driblet successful registrations successful the coming years and immoderate models whitethorn go extinct altogether."

Surprisingly, the wildly fashionable Ford Mondeo was ranked arsenic the 3rd astir apt exemplary to spell extinct, with the complaint of diminution indicating that it volition dice connected May 24, 2033.

The Ford Mondeo sold implicit 4 cardinal models successful its 24-year accumulation run, with astir 750,000 of these income coming from China.

Other fashionable brands are seen successful the apical 10 database of car models apt to beryllium extinct soon, including Toyota, Audi, Kia, Mazda and Jeep.

Vytas continued: "Many of these models person go icons, representing decades of automotive design, engineering milestones, and a consciousness of nostalgia that can't beryllium replaced by modern alternatives.

"It is bittersweet to witnesser the gradual extinction of cars that person near specified a lasting imprint connected driving culture."

At present, caller petrol and diesel conveyance accumulation is to cease by 2035.

However, the caller Government has pledged to reinstate the erstwhile chopped disconnected date of 2030.

In airy of the projected changes, carmakers said they were having to "ration" their models to comply with strict Net Zero regulations, the caput of a large UK dealership claimed.

Manufacturers are facing fines worthy millions successful the coming months amid struggling EV sales across the market.

The halfway of the issue, according to immoderate manufacture figures, is the Government's ZEV Mandate.

These strict laws necessitate brands to guarantee that a definite percent of their income each years is made up of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) - usually electric cars.