UK vehicle statistics / Vauxhall

How many Vauxhall Cavalier cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 951 licensed and 6,437 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Vauxhall Cavalier generic-model group.

Looking at a Cavalier?

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

Is the Cavalier disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 6,096 in 2014 Q3 and stand at 951 in 2026 Q1, down 84%. That is down 31% in the five years since 2021 Q1.

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 Q19516,437
2025 Q49456,413
2025 Q31,1136,267
2025 Q21,1596,228
2025 Q19876,392
2024 Q49966,440
2024 Q31,1676,403
2024 Q21,2066,415
2024 Q11,0806,508
2023 Q41,0596,607
2023 Q31,2486,421
2023 Q21,2946,358

Other Vauxhall 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.