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How many Lexus RX 450 cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 26,763 licensed and 741 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Lexus RX 450 generic-model group.

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Is the RX 450 disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 26,973 in 2025 Q3 and stand at 26,763 in 2026 Q1, down 1%. That is up 17% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 741 are declared SORN — 1 in 37 of the 27,504 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

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.

Quarterly licensed and SORN counts

Every quarter DfT has published for this model group, newest first.

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q126,763741
2025 Q426,938693
2025 Q326,973610
2025 Q226,780586
2025 Q126,439573
2024 Q426,562558
2024 Q326,437473
2024 Q226,175512
2024 Q126,105489
2023 Q426,086457
2023 Q326,070377
2023 Q226,283333
2023 Q126,169354
2022 Q426,191340
2022 Q325,646245
2022 Q225,158243
2022 Q124,655239
2021 Q424,358241
2021 Q324,236212
2021 Q223,619218
2021 Q122,931299
2020 Q422,499307
2020 Q322,242282
2020 Q221,570259
2020 Q121,186244
2019 Q420,948214
2019 Q320,575167
2019 Q220,131193
2019 Q119,675141
2018 Q418,908137
2018 Q318,60792
2018 Q217,924110
2018 Q117,412141
2017 Q416,933193
2017 Q316,711139
2017 Q216,203158
2017 Q115,780154
2016 Q415,088135
2016 Q314,519105
2016 Q213,897100
2016 Q113,30196
2015 Q412,77181
2015 Q312,66252
2015 Q212,31459
2015 Q111,83787
2014 Q411,33580
2014 Q311,23739

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Common questions

How many Lexus RX 450 cars are left in the UK?

26,763 were licensed and 741 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DfT and DVLA statistics for this generic-model group.

How many Lexus RX 450 cars are SORN?

741 are declared SORN — 1 in 37 of the 27,504 still on the DVLA record at the end of 2026 Q1.

Is the RX 450 disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 26,973 in 2025 Q3 and stand at 26,763 in 2026 Q1, down 1%. That is up 17% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 741 are declared SORN — 1 in 37 of the 27,504 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

Does this say whether one RX 450 is a good buy?

No. These are population figures for the model group. Enter that vehicle's registration for its 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.