Rarity / Austin / 1300

Austin 1300: how many are still registered?

432still registered

Austin 1300 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 4 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 1,302 (1994 Q4) - 33.1% of that peak survives.

The decline has levelled off - survivor numbers have held steady over the last five years.

185 of the survivors (42.8%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

33.1% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 1,302

Declared off-road (SORN)185 · 42.8%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Austin 1300 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Austin 1300 vans6still reg.

By year

All 432 surviving Austin 1300 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 112 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1968 → 1974
50250
1968196919701971197219731974
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On the road over time

Total Austin 1300 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

1,302
1994log scale2026: 412
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Austin 1300 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

1001cc to 1100cc7 cars · 1.6%
1101cc to 1200cc4 cars · 0.9%
1201cc to 1300cc402 cars · 93.2%
1301cc to 1400cc14 cars · 3.2%
Other sizes (4)4 cars · 0.9%

Fuel

Petrol432 · 100%

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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.