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Audi A3: how many are still registered?

482,711still registered

Audi A3 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 296 recorded variants.

28,800 of the survivors (5.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

One car drawn per 1,000 on the road - there are too many left to draw one each. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.

Declared off-road (SORN)28,800 · 5.9%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Audi A3 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Audi A3 vans4still reg.Audi A3 motorcycles0still reg.

By year

All 482,711 surviving Audi A3 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 139,586 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 60.7% of the 2014 figure. That is the earliest real count of the same cars: DVLA publishes no production figures, so nothing here is a count of how many were built.

Year built1997 → 2025
40,00020,0000
19972025
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On the road over time

Total Audi A3 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

462,446
1996log scale2026: 461,929
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Audi A3 cars split by engine capacity and by fuel, as recorded 2025. Engine sizes are DVLA's own bands and cover only the cars it holds a capacity for.

Engine size

901cc to 1000cc35,908 cars · 7.4%
1101cc to 1200cc6,672 cars · 1.3%
1301cc to 1400cc82,238 cars · 17.0%
1401cc to 1500cc95,415 cars · 19.7%
1501cc to 1600cc93,910 cars · 19.4%
1701cc to 1800cc13,397 cars · 2.7%
1801cc to 1900cc19,897 cars · 4.1%
1901cc to 2000cc132,899 cars · 27.5%
Other sizes (17)2,375 cars · 0.4%

Fuel

Petrol238,920 · 49.4%
Diesel212,562 · 44.0%
Plug-in Hybrid Electric (petrol)30,550 · 6.3%
Other fuels (2)679 · 0.1%

By generation

Approximate generation windows - the changeover year counts toward the newer car.

GenerationStill registered
8L (1996–2002)6,134
8P (2003–2012)144,103
8V (2013–2019)207,847
8Y (2020–2026)124,622

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Source: DVLA vehicle licensing statistics (DfT). Counts as of 2025, licensed and SORN vehicles both included. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Survivor counts are national registration figures, not a guarantee any particular car exists or is roadworthy - check a specific reg free.