UK vehicle statistics / Vauxhall

How many Vauxhall Vxr8 cars are left?

At the end of 2026 Q1, DfT recorded 327 licensed and 233 SORN vehicles in the UK within the Vauxhall Vxr8 generic-model group.

Looking at a Vxr8?

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.

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Is the Vxr8 disappearing?

Licensed numbers peaked at 538 in 2015 Q2 and stand at 327 in 2026 Q1, down 39%. That is down 24% in the five years since 2021 Q1. A further 233 are declared SORN — 1 in 2 of the 560 still on the DVLA record is off the road, laid up, part-restored or waiting to be sold.

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 Q1327233
2025 Q4328230
2025 Q3376181
2025 Q2387170
2025 Q1354204
2024 Q4345211
2024 Q3406153
2024 Q2421139
2024 Q1371164
2023 Q4369191
2023 Q3427130
2023 Q2446118

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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.