UK vehicle statistics / Audi

How many Audi cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 2,075,694 licensed and 167,415 SORN Audi vehicles in the UK, across 56 published model groups. That means 1 in 13 surviving Audi is currently off the road.

Is the Audi fleet shrinking?

Adding up every published Audi model group: 2,075,694 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the Audi range is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 15% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 167,415 are declared SORN — 1 in 13 of the 2,243,109 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

Audi MOT pass rate

In 2024, 77.8% of 1,426,634 Audi MOTs passed first time — above the 71.2% UK average.

The items most often behind a first-test failure across published Audi model groups:

• Condition — 4.3% of tests. Corrosion, damage or wear on a tested component. Worth seeing in person, as the cost ranges from trivial to structural.
• Tread Depth — 2.8% of tests. Tyres below the 1.6mm legal limit. Budget for tyres, and treat it as a sign of how the car was maintained.
• Headlamp Aim — 2.5% of tests. Headlights pointing too high or low. Cheap to adjust, and common on every make.
• Springs — 2.1% of tests. A broken or sagging coil spring. Replaced in pairs, so it is not the cheapest failure.

See every model on the Audi MOT pass rate page.

Before you buy

• Condition — 4.3% of tests in 2024. Corrosion, damage or wear on a tested component. Worth seeing in person, as the cost ranges from trivial to structural.
• Tread Depth — 2.8% of tests in 2024. Tyres below the 1.6mm legal limit. Budget for tyres, and treat it as a sign of how the car was maintained.
• Headlamp Aim — 2.5% of tests in 2024. Headlights pointing too high or low. Cheap to adjust, and common on every make.
• Springs — 2.1% of tests in 2024. A broken or sagging coil spring. Replaced in pairs, so it is not the cheapest failure.
• Check the actual Audi — These figures describe the model group. Enter the registration for that vehicle's free MOT, tax and mileage record before you pay a deposit.

Rarest Audi models

The published Audi model groups with the smallest surviving populations.

• RS2 — 24 licensed, 103 SORN
• RS Q8 Lnch ED Tfsi Mhev Quat A — 142 licensed, 1 SORN
• 200 — 24 licensed, 120 SORN
• C — 52 licensed, 103 SORN
• S E-Tron GT Launch ED Quattro — 191 licensed, 1 SORN

Every Audi model

How to read these numbers

Licensed means taxed and legal to use on the road at the end of the quarter. SORN means the keeper has declared it off the road — it still exists, but it is not in use. A model group's total is the best available proxy for how many survive, and a shrinking one means fewer donor cars, fewer specialists and slower parts supply.

Common questions

How many Audi cars are left in the UK?

2,075,694 Audi vehicles were licensed and 167,415 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, across 56 published model groups, according to DfT and DVLA statistics.

Which Audi is rarest?

Of the published Audi model groups, the RS2 has the smallest surviving population at 24 licensed and 103 SORN.

Is the Audi fleet shrinking?

2,075,694 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the Audi range is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 15% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 167,415 are declared SORN — 1 in 13 of the 2,243,109 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

What is the Audi MOT pass rate?

77.8% of 1,426,634 class-4 initial MOT tests on Audi cars passed first time in 2024 — above the 71.2% UK average.

What do Audi cars fail the MOT on?

Across published Audi model groups, the most common initial failure categories in 2024 are condition (4.3% of tests), tread depth (2.8% of tests), headlamp aim (2.5% of tests). DVSA publishes each model group's six most common categories, so this ranks the biggest published causes.

Does a Audi population figure describe the car I am looking at?

No. It describes the model group. Enter the registration for that car's own free MOT, tax and mileage record.

Source and limitations

Source: Department for Transport and DVLA, df_VEH0120_UK. Released 2026-07-15 under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

DVLA make and model fields are administrative data and can contain omissions or inconsistencies. These statistics describe model groups, not an individual registration.

Confidential cells marked [c] represent between 1 and 4 vehicles and are treated as zero in aggregates, so totals can be slightly understated.