UK vehicle statistics / Renault

How many Renault Clio cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 330,126 licensed and 58,601 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Renault Clio generic-model group.

Looking at a Clio?

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 Clio is off the road? A free SORN check shows whether it is currently SORN, taxed or untaxed.

Is the Clio disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 621,539 in 2014 Q3 and stand at 330,126 in 2026 Q1, down 47%. That is down 18% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 58,601 are declared SORN — 1 in 7 of the 388,727 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 Q1330,12658,601
2025 Q4334,97558,291
2025 Q3338,64857,289
2025 Q2340,38656,533
2025 Q1341,84856,709
2024 Q4344,30556,917
2024 Q3347,96557,440
2024 Q2351,22957,431
2024 Q1351,65757,565
2023 Q4353,32757,023
2023 Q3356,46755,557
2023 Q2359,09855,015

Other Renault models

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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.