How many Austin cars are left in the UK?

19,890 Austin vehicles were licensed and 27,101 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics.

Which Austin is rarest?

Of the published Austin model groups, the A110 has the smallest surviving population at 75 licensed and 25 SORN.

How many Austin cars are left?

Name: Austin licensed and SORN statistics
Creator: Department for Transport and DVLA
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 19,890 licensed and 27,101 SORN Austin vehicles in the UK, across 23 published model groups. That means 1 in 2 surviving Austin is currently off the road.

Looking at a Austin?

Population figures describe a model group, not the car in front of you.

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Rarest Austin models

The published Austin model groups with the smallest surviving populations.

A110 — 75 licensed, 25 SORN
Princess — 75 licensed, 49 SORN
Taxi — 65 licensed, 63 SORN
8cwt — 85 licensed, 53 SORN
A50 — 102 licensed, 37 SORN

Every Austin model

Model	Licensed	SORN
Mini	8,134	19,449
Seven	2,279	667
A35	1,724	1,068
Healey	2,122	645
A40	1,533	747
Metro	260	1,357
A30	819	434
Maestro	109	649
Allegro	293	350
Sprite	411	196
1100	376	192
A55	379	170
A60	378	169
1300	238	203
6cwt	196	154
Montego	15	245
Maxi	107	95
1800	115	84
A50	102	37
8cwt	85	53
Taxi	65	63
Princess	75	49
A110	75	25

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.

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.