UK vehicle statistics / Vauxhall

How many Vauxhall Insignia cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 164,660 licensed and 17,806 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Vauxhall Insignia generic-model group.

Looking at a Insignia?

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

Is the Insignia disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 261,963 in 2019 Q1 and stand at 164,660 in 2026 Q1, down 37%. That is down 33% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 17,806 are declared SORN — 1 in 10 of the 182,466 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 Q1164,66017,806
2025 Q4170,72317,387
2025 Q3175,46116,909
2025 Q2180,51116,412
2025 Q1186,10716,012
2024 Q4190,69215,518
2024 Q3195,16714,785
2024 Q2200,30514,420
2024 Q1205,10713,979
2023 Q4209,88013,460
2023 Q3213,94012,727
2023 Q2218,21312,186

Other Vauxhall models

See how many of every Vauxhall 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.