UK vehicle statistics / Peugeot

How many Peugeot Auto Sleepers cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 856 licensed and 80 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Peugeot Auto Sleepers generic-model group.

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

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Is the Auto Sleepers disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 906 in 2025 Q2 and stand at 856 in 2026 Q1, down 6%. That is up 77% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 80 are declared SORN — 1 in 12 of the 936 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.

Recent quarterly trend

QuarterLicensedSORN
2026 Q185680
2025 Q483493
2025 Q389927
2025 Q290625
2025 Q185957
2024 Q483776
2024 Q388424
2024 Q289213
2024 Q186922
2023 Q483462
2023 Q385414
2023 Q283912

Other Peugeot models

  • 208 — 259,104 licensed
  • 2008 — 207,878 licensed
  • 3008 — 183,055 licensed
  • Partner — 169,932 licensed
  • 308 — 132,781 licensed
  • Boxer — 119,793 licensed

See how many of every Peugeot 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.