Austin A55: how many are still registered?
495still registered
Austin A55 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 4 recorded variants.
Most recorded on UK roads at once: 568 (1996 Q4) - 87.1% of that peak survives.
Disappearing at about 0.5% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 480 in 2030.
153 of the survivors (30.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.
87.1% survives 1996 Q4 peak: 568
Every car drawn here is one still on the register. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.
Derivatives
DVLA also registers other body types under the Austin A55 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.
By year
All 495 surviving Austin A55 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 84 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.
On the road over time
Total Austin A55 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.
Engine size and fuel
What is on the road now: the surviving Austin A55 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
Fuel
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