Rarity / Austin / Montego

Austin Montego: how many are still registered?

256still registered

Austin Montego cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 26 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 234,636 (1994 Q4) - 0.1% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 0.9% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 241 in 2030.

228 of the survivors (89.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

0.1% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 234,636

Declared off-road (SORN)228 · 89.0%
Disappearing per year0.9%
Projected 2030~241

Derivatives

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

By year

All 256 surviving Austin Montego cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 38 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 87.0% 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 built1984 → 1994
80400
19841985198619871988198919901991199219931994
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On the road over time

Total Austin Montego cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year, and at the latest quarter DfT has published.

1,00010,000100,000234,636
1994log scale2026 Q2: 251
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Austin Montego 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

1201cc to 1300cc9 cars · 3.5%
1501cc to 1600cc129 cars · 50.3%
1901cc to 2000cc114 cars · 44.5%
2001cc to 2100cc3 cars · 1.1%
3501cc to 3600cc1 cars · 0.3%

Fuel

Petrol226 · 88.2%
Diesel30 · 11.7%

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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.