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Peugeot 305: how many are still registered?

186still registered

Peugeot 305 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 12 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 34,574 (1994 Q4) - 0.5% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 0.6% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 176 in 2030.

122 of the survivors (65.5%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

0.5% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 34,574

Declared off-road (SORN)122 · 65.5%
Disappearing per year0.6%
Projected 2030~176

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Peugeot 305 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Peugeot 305 vans141still reg.Peugeot 305 buses and coaches0still reg.

By year

All 186 surviving Peugeot 305 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 9 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 95.3% 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 built1978 → 1997
50250
19781997
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On the road over time

Total Peugeot 305 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

34,574
1994log scale2026: 157
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Peugeot 305 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 1300cc2 cars · 1.0%
1401cc to 1500cc23 cars · 12.3%
1501cc to 1600cc33 cars · 17.7%
1601cc to 1700cc1 cars · 0.5%
1701cc to 1800cc58 cars · 31.1%
1901cc to 2000cc69 cars · 37.0%

Fuel

Diesel116 · 62.3%
Petrol70 · 37.6%

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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.