Rarity / Austin / A40

Austin A40: how many are still registered?

2,112still registered

Austin A40 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 4 recorded variants.

675 of the survivors (31.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

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Declared off-road (SORN)675 · 31.9%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Austin A40 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Austin A40 vans159still reg.Austin A40 lorries1still reg.

By year

All 2,112 surviving Austin A40 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 497 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1929 → 1968
80400
19291968
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On the road over time

Total Austin A40 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

2,065
1994log scale2026: 2,065
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Austin A40 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 1000cc659 cars · 31.2%
1001cc to 1100cc496 cars · 23.5%
1101cc to 1200cc26 cars · 1.2%
1201cc to 1300cc818 cars · 38.7%
1401cc to 1500cc12 cars · 0.5%
1501cc to 1600cc16 cars · 0.7%
1601cc to 1700cc18 cars · 0.8%
Other sizes (25)64 cars · 3.0%

Fuel

Petrol2,110 · 99.9%
Diesel2 · under 0.1%

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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.