UK vehicle statistics / Citroen
How many Citroen cars are left?
At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 1,130,755 licensed and 155,333 SORN Citroen vehicles in the UK, across 45 published model groups. That means 1 in 8 surviving Citroen is currently off the road.
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Is the Citroen fleet shrinking?
Adding up every published Citroen model group: Licensed numbers peaked at 1,370,406 in 2014 Q3 and stand at 1,130,755 in 2026 Q1, down 17%. That is down 9% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 155,333 are declared SORN — 1 in 8 of the 1,286,088 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.
Citroen MOT pass rate
In 2024, 62.3% of 865,692 Citroen MOTs passed first time — below the 71.2% UK average.
The items most often behind a first-test failure across published Citroen model groups:
- Transmission — 5% of tests. A fault with a driveshaft, gaiter or transmission component. Costs vary widely.
- Headlamp Aim — 4.8% of tests. Headlights pointing too high or low. Cheap to adjust, and common on every make.
- Position Lamps — 4.3% of tests. A side or tail light out. Usually a bulb.
- Stop Lamp — 3% of tests. A brake light out. Usually a bulb.
See every model on the Citroen MOT pass rate page.
Before you buy
- Transmission — 5% of tests in 2024. A fault with a driveshaft, gaiter or transmission component. Costs vary widely.
- Headlamp Aim — 4.8% of tests in 2024. Headlights pointing too high or low. Cheap to adjust, and common on every make.
- Position Lamps — 4.3% of tests in 2024. A side or tail light out. Usually a bulb.
- Stop Lamp — 3% of tests in 2024. A brake light out. Usually a bulb.
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Rarest Citroen models
The published Citroen model groups with the smallest surviving populations.
- GSA — 44 licensed, 60 SORN
- Allied Lunar — 106 licensed, 6 SORN
- Pluriel — 64 licensed, 50 SORN
- Visa — 27 licensed, 90 SORN
- SM — 100 licensed, 56 SORN
Every Citroen model
| Model | Licensed | SORN |
|---|---|---|
| C3 | 258,958 | 14,502 |
| Berlingo | 218,062 | 29,712 |
| C4 | 178,832 | 14,352 |
| C1 | 154,334 | 6,832 |
| Relay | 76,043 | 16,157 |
| Dispatch | 68,464 | 8,437 |
| DS3 | 63,335 | 4,082 |
| C5 | 37,616 | 5,490 |
| Xsara | 15,784 | 16,847 |
| Saxo | 2,201 | 12,069 |
| Nemo | 10,772 | 2,388 |
| C2 | 6,360 | 5,401 |
| DS4 | 9,044 | 731 |
| 2CV | 2,690 | 4,296 |
| Spacetourer | 6,648 | 90 |
| DS5 | 3,678 | 353 |
| E-C3 + | 3,878 | 44 |
| E-Berlingo | 3,147 | 19 |
| C15 | 620 | 1,938 |
| Xantia | 248 | 2,180 |
| E-C4 | 2,349 | 43 |
| AX | 210 | 1,860 |
| ZX | 230 | 1,837 |
| C8 | 560 | 1,090 |
| C-Crosser | 1,176 | 368 |
| BX | 191 | 1,090 |
| AMI | 928 | 171 |
| Allied Flexilite | 1,037 | 38 |
| E-C3 | 815 | 0 |
| XM | 82 | 601 |
| Synergie | 87 | 588 |
| Dyane | 340 | 331 |
| DS | 377 | 198 |
| CX | 143 | 417 |
| C6 | 236 | 279 |
| E-C5 | 334 | 0 |
| C25 | 75 | 203 |
| C-Zero | 169 | 34 |
| Allied Horizon | 196 | 3 |
| C3 MAX | 165 | 0 |
| SM | 100 | 56 |
| Visa | 27 | 90 |
| Pluriel | 64 | 50 |
| Allied Lunar | 106 | 6 |
| GSA | 44 | 60 |
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 Citroen cars are left in the UK?
1,130,755 Citroen vehicles were licensed and 155,333 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, across 45 published model groups, according to DfT and DVLA statistics.
Which Citroen is rarest?
Of the published Citroen model groups, the GSA has the smallest surviving population at 44 licensed and 60 SORN.
Is the Citroen fleet shrinking?
Licensed numbers peaked at 1,370,406 in 2014 Q3 and stand at 1,130,755 in 2026 Q1, down 17%. That is down 9% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 155,333 are declared SORN — 1 in 8 of the 1,286,088 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.
What is the Citroen MOT pass rate?
62.3% of 865,692 class-4 initial MOT tests on Citroen cars passed first time in 2024 — below the 71.2% UK average.
What do Citroen cars fail the MOT on?
Across published Citroen model groups, the most common initial failure categories in 2024 are transmission (5% of tests), headlamp aim (4.8% of tests), position lamps (4.3% of tests). DVSA publishes each model group's six most common categories, so this ranks the biggest published causes.
Does a Citroen 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.