UK vehicle statistics / Toyota
How many Toyota cars are left?
At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 1,953,687 licensed and 192,152 SORN Toyota vehicles in the UK, across 46 published model groups. That means 1 in 11 surviving Toyota is currently off the road.
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Population figures describe a model group, not the car in front of you.
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Is the Toyota fleet shrinking?
Adding up every published Toyota model group: 1,953,687 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the Toyota range is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 16% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 192,152 are declared SORN — 1 in 11 of the 2,145,839 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.
Toyota MOT pass rate
In 2024, 73.9% of 1,434,543 Toyota MOTs passed first time — above the 71.2% UK average.
The items most often behind a first-test failure across published Toyota model groups:
- Position Lamps — 3.5% of tests. A side or tail light out. Usually a bulb.
- Headlamp Aim — 3.2% of tests. Headlights pointing too high or low. Cheap to adjust, and common on every make.
- Brake Performance — 2.8% of tests. The brakes underperformed on the rolling road. Expect brake work rather than an adjustment.
- Wipers — 2.6% of tests. Worn wiper blades. Minutes to fix, and a fair hint that servicing was skipped.
See every model on the Toyota MOT pass rate page.
Before you buy
- Position Lamps — 3.5% of tests in 2024. A side or tail light out. Usually a bulb.
- Headlamp Aim — 3.2% of tests in 2024. Headlights pointing too high or low. Cheap to adjust, and common on every make.
- Brake Performance — 2.8% of tests in 2024. The brakes underperformed on the rolling road. Expect brake work rather than an adjustment.
- Wipers — 2.6% of tests in 2024. Worn wiper blades. Minutes to fix, and a fair hint that servicing was skipped.
- Check the actual Toyota — These figures describe the model group. Enter the registration for that vehicle's free MOT, tax and mileage record before you pay a deposit.
Rarest Toyota models
The published Toyota model groups with the smallest surviving populations.
- FJ Cruiser — 119 licensed, 10 SORN
- Mirai — 82 licensed, 56 SORN
- Sienta — 154 licensed, 14 SORN
- Townace — 67 licensed, 132 SORN
- Altezza — 82 licensed, 158 SORN
Every Toyota model
| Model | Licensed | SORN |
|---|---|---|
| Yaris | 589,782 | 27,866 |
| Aygo | 304,265 | 6,807 |
| Corolla | 161,406 | 25,114 |
| Rav4 | 144,138 | 19,077 |
| Auris | 141,760 | 5,792 |
| C-HR | 145,993 | 961 |
| Prius | 126,090 | 4,895 |
| Hilux | 99,039 | 19,382 |
| Avensis | 53,487 | 21,709 |
| Proace | 43,807 | 1,324 |
| Landcruiser | 22,126 | 10,083 |
| Verso | 26,140 | 1,070 |
| MR2 | 6,787 | 14,143 |
| Celica | 7,000 | 10,836 |
| Hiace | 11,591 | 5,785 |
| IQ | 16,072 | 772 |
| Bz4x | 12,516 | 123 |
| Gt86 | 6,228 | 499 |
| Starlet | 2,401 | 3,132 |
| Estima | 5,026 | 501 |
| Previa | 2,785 | 2,509 |
| Supra | 2,028 | 2,770 |
| Aygo X | 4,373 | 1 |
| Urban Cruiser | 3,882 | 310 |
| Carina | 554 | 2,592 |
| Camry | 1,471 | 635 |
| Dyna | 1,480 | 543 |
| Noah | 1,743 | 120 |
| Vellfire | 1,579 | 235 |
| Gr86 | 1,452 | 46 |
| Alphard | 1,225 | 133 |
| Land Cruiser First Edition D A | 1,253 | 20 |
| Highlander | 1,238 | 30 |
| Picnic | 167 | 762 |
| Vitz | 698 | 78 |
| Aqua | 605 | 62 |
| Crown | 374 | 148 |
| 4-Runner | 140 | 354 |
| Granvia | 328 | 150 |
| Paseo | 109 | 197 |
| Lite ACE | 45 | 216 |
| Altezza | 82 | 158 |
| Townace | 67 | 132 |
| Sienta | 154 | 14 |
| Mirai | 82 | 56 |
| FJ Cruiser | 119 | 10 |
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 Toyota cars are left in the UK?
1,953,687 Toyota vehicles were licensed and 192,152 were SORN at the end of 2026 Q1, across 46 published model groups, according to DfT and DVLA statistics.
Which Toyota is rarest?
Of the published Toyota model groups, the FJ Cruiser has the smallest surviving population at 119 licensed and 10 SORN.
Is the Toyota fleet shrinking?
1,953,687 are licensed as of 2026 Q1 — the highest count in the published series, so the Toyota range is still arriving on UK roads rather than leaving them. That is up 16% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 192,152 are declared SORN — 1 in 11 of the 2,145,839 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.
What is the Toyota MOT pass rate?
73.9% of 1,434,543 class-4 initial MOT tests on Toyota cars passed first time in 2024 — above the 71.2% UK average.
What do Toyota cars fail the MOT on?
Across published Toyota model groups, the most common initial failure categories in 2024 are position lamps (3.5% of tests), headlamp aim (3.2% of tests), brake performance (2.8% of tests). DVSA publishes each model group's six most common categories, so this ranks the biggest published causes.
Does a Toyota 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.