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Audi A8: how many are still registered?

13,009still registered

Audi A8 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 107 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 14,505 (2019 Q3) - 89.6% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 2.6% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 11,401 in 2030.

3,247 of the survivors (24.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

89.6% survives 2019 Q3 peak: 14,505

Declared off-road (SORN)3,247 · 24.9%
Disappearing per year2.6%
Projected 2030~11,401

By year

All 13,009 surviving Audi A8 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 5,806 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 57.2% 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 built1995 → 2025
1,0005000
19952025
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On the road over time

Total Audi A8 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

14,363
1994log scale2026: 12,175
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Audi A8 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

2701cc to 2800cc385 cars · 2.9%
2901cc to 3000cc9,830 cars · 75.5%
3601cc to 3700cc278 cars · 2.1%
3901cc to 4000cc237 cars · 1.8%
4101cc to 4200cc1,934 cars · 14.8%
5901cc to 6000cc176 cars · 1.3%
Other sizes (10)169 cars · 1.2%

Fuel

Diesel10,224 · 78.5%
Petrol2,391 · 18.3%
Plug-in Hybrid Electric (petrol)289 · 2.2%
Other fuels (2)105 · 0.8%

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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.