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Austin Taxi: how many are still registered?

39still registered

Austin Taxi cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 2 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 99 (1994 Q4) - 39.3% of that peak survives.

19 of the survivors (48.7%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

39.3% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 99

Declared off-road (SORN)19 · 48.7%

Derivatives

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

Austin Taxi vans2still reg.

By year

All 39 surviving Austin Taxi cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 17 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1949 → 1975
420
19491975
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On the road over time

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

99
1994log scale2026: 39
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Austin Taxi 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 1100cc1 cars · 2.5%
1601cc to 1700cc1 cars · 2.5%
2101cc to 2200cc22 cars · 56.4%
2201cc to 2300cc2 cars · 5.1%
2501cc to 2600cc11 cars · 28.2%
2701cc to 2800cc1 cars · 2.5%
2901cc to 3000cc1 cars · 2.5%

Fuel

Diesel28 · 71.7%
Petrol11 · 28.2%

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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.