UK vehicle statistics / Lexus
How many Lexus cars are left?
At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 208,383 licensed and 19,686 SORN Lexus vehicles in the UK, across 38 published model groups. That means 1 in 12 surviving Lexus is currently off the road.
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Is the Lexus fleet shrinking?
Adding up every published Lexus model group: 208,383 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the Lexus range is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 24% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 19,686 are declared SORN — 1 in 12 of the 228,069 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.
Rarest Lexus models
The published Lexus model groups with the smallest surviving populations.
- LS 500 — 130 licensed, 5 SORN
- LBX Vibrant — 137 licensed, 0 SORN
- NX 200 — 132 licensed, 7 SORN
- LM 350h — 157 licensed, 20 SORN
- IS F — 163 licensed, 46 SORN
Every Lexus model
| Model | Licensed | SORN |
|---|---|---|
| CT 200 | 29,906 | 349 |
| NX 300 | 27,496 | 369 |
| RX 450 | 26,763 | 741 |
| UX 250 | 20,048 | 111 |
| IS 300 | 13,500 | 695 |
| LBX | 13,382 | 65 |
| IS 250 | 10,131 | 1,213 |
| NX 450 | 10,133 | 266 |
| IS 200 | 4,625 | 5,332 |
| RX 400 | 7,153 | 1,056 |
| NX 350 | 7,363 | 62 |
| ES 300 | 6,477 | 97 |
| GS 300 | 3,754 | 1,775 |
| UX 300 | 5,414 | 57 |
| IS 220 | 3,237 | 1,807 |
| RX 300 | 2,206 | 1,844 |
| RZ 450 | 2,843 | 32 |
| GS 450 | 1,877 | 360 |
| RC 300 | 1,960 | 31 |
| LS 400 | 669 | 1,289 |
| SC 430 | 1,364 | 593 |
| RX 350 | 1,398 | 362 |
| LS 430 | 847 | 550 |
| RZ 300e | 1,063 | 8 |
| LS 460 | 526 | 126 |
| RX 500 | 592 | 42 |
| GS 250 | 577 | 29 |
| LC 500 | 549 | 40 |
| LS 600 | 473 | 74 |
| GS 430 | 279 | 203 |
| RZ | 439 | 0 |
| RX 450h | 382 | 0 |
| RC F | 238 | 30 |
| IS F | 163 | 46 |
| LM 350h | 157 | 20 |
| NX 200 | 132 | 7 |
| LBX Vibrant | 137 | 0 |
| LS 500 | 130 | 5 |
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 Lexus cars are left in the UK?
208,383 Lexus vehicles were licensed and 19,686 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, across 38 published model groups, according to DfT and DVLA statistics.
Which Lexus is rarest?
Of the published Lexus model groups, the LS 500 has the smallest surviving population at 130 licensed and 5 SORN.
Is the Lexus fleet shrinking?
208,383 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the Lexus range is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 24% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 19,686 are declared SORN — 1 in 12 of the 228,069 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.
Does a Lexus 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.