UK vehicle statistics / Seat

How many Seat Alhambra cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 23,910 licensed and 3,599 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Seat Alhambra generic-model group.

Looking at a Alhambra?

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

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Is the Alhambra disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 32,684 in 2019 Q2 and stand at 23,910 in 2026 Q1, down 27%. That is down 22% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 3,599 are declared SORN — 1 in 8 of the 27,509 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 Q123,9103,599
2025 Q424,2503,560
2025 Q324,5163,510
2025 Q224,7623,475
2025 Q124,9693,444
2024 Q425,2043,439
2024 Q325,5733,490
2024 Q225,9223,479
2024 Q126,1233,476
2023 Q426,5323,411
2023 Q326,8993,324
2023 Q227,2223,302

Other Seat models

  • Ibiza — 214,197 licensed
  • Leon — 195,437 licensed
  • Arona — 83,013 licensed
  • Ateca — 73,936 licensed
  • MII — 18,174 licensed
  • Altea — 11,474 licensed

See how many of every Seat 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.