MG Montego

Car Sedan 🕰️ Classic

1 production run · 2 variants

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the MG Montego on record.

Netherlands: 1985–1989; Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 40% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Netherlands New Zealand United Kingdom

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Production history & variants

1 production run · 2 variants

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Registration history

Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year

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Netherlands
1985	1
1986	2
1987	1
1988	2
1989	1

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

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{
  "id": "car/mg/montego",
  "name": "Montego",
  "make": {
    "id": "mg",
    "name": "MG"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "sedan",
  "availability": [
    "gb",
    "nl",
    "nz"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 7,
    "mass_decile": 4,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [
    "car/mg/montego-efi",
    "car/mg/montego-turbo"
  ],
  "years": null,
  "era": "classic",
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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