UK vehicle statistics / Honda

How many Honda Insight cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 8,022 licensed and 451 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Honda Insight generic-model group.

Looking at a Insight?

Population figures cannot tell you whether one particular car is taxed, MOT-valid or safe to buy.

Check its registration free for the official tax, MOT and mileage record. If the car is still worth pursuing, the optional £9.99 full history check adds outstanding-finance, stolen and insurance write-off checks.

Wondering whether one particular Insight is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the Insight disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 9,539 in 2014 Q3 and stand at 8,022 in 2026 Q1, down 16%. That is down 10% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 451 are declared SORN — 1 in 19 of the 8,473 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

For how this model fares on test day, see its MOT pass rate and most common failures.

A falling population is worth knowing before you buy: it usually means fewer donor cars, fewer specialists and slower parts supply, and it is why a good example of a scarce model can hold its price while a neglected one is hard to sell at any price.

Recent quarterly trend

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q18,022451
2025 Q48,101451
2025 Q38,159434
2025 Q28,246433
2025 Q18,296420
2024 Q48,389393
2024 Q38,450369
2024 Q28,498362
2024 Q18,527362
2023 Q48,613355
2023 Q38,666333
2023 Q28,666331

Other Honda models

  • Jazz — 349,385 licensed
  • Civic — 246,926 licensed
  • CR-V — 196,120 licensed
  • CBR — 29,970 licensed
  • HR-V — 60,559 licensed
  • CB — 31,388 licensed

See how many of every Honda model are left

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.