Rarity / Austin / 1800

Austin 1800: how many are still registered?

188still registered

Austin 1800 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 5 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 481 (1994 Q4) - 39.0% of that peak survives.

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

78 of the survivors (41.4%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

39.0% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 481

Declared off-road (SORN)78 · 41.4%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Austin 1800 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Austin 1800 vans12still reg.

By year

All 188 surviving Austin 1800 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 55 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1964 → 1978
840
196419651966196719681969197019711972197319741975197619771978
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On the road over time

Total Austin 1800 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

481
1994log scale2026: 174
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Austin 1800 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 1000cc2 cars · 1.0%
1001cc to 1100cc1 cars · 0.5%
1701cc to 1800cc176 cars · 94.1%
1801cc to 1900cc8 cars · 4.2%

Fuel

Petrol188 · 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.