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Citroen Xantia: how many are still registered?

2,442still registered

Citroen Xantia cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 88 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 130,717 (2000 Q4) - 1.8% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 5.3% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 1,858 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2042.

1,983 of the survivors (81.2%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

1.8% survives 2000 Q4 peak: 130,717

Declared off-road (SORN)1,983 · 81.2%
Disappearing per year5.3%
Projected 2030~1,858

Derivatives

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

Citroen Xantia vans1still reg.

By year

All 2,442 surviving Citroen Xantia cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 5,118 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 32.3% 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 built1993 → 2001
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199319941995199619971998199920002001
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On the road over time

Total Citroen Xantia cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

130,717
1994log scale2026: 2,216
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Citroen Xantia 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

1701cc to 1800cc285 cars · 11.6%
1901cc to 2000cc2,001 cars · 81.9%
2001cc to 2100cc73 cars · 2.9%
2901cc to 3000cc70 cars · 2.8%
Other sizes (6)13 cars · 0.5%

Fuel

Diesel1,799 · 73.6%
Petrol634 · 25.9%
Gas9 · 0.3%

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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.