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Peugeot 406: how many are still registered?

12,525still registered

Peugeot 406 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 95 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 243,365 (2003 Q4) - 5.1% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 9.0% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 7,814 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2052.

8,523 of the survivors (68.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

5.1% survives 2003 Q4 peak: 243,365

Declared off-road (SORN)8,523 · 68.0%
Disappearing per year9.0%
Projected 2030~7,814

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Peugeot 406 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Peugeot 406 vans6still reg.Peugeot 406 lorries0still reg.Peugeot 406 buses and coaches1still reg.

By year

All 12,525 surviving Peugeot 406 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 46,070 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 21.2% 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 built1996 → 2024
3,0001,5000
19962024
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On the road over time

Total Peugeot 406 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

243,365
1995log scale2026: 10,388
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Peugeot 406 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

1401cc to 1500cc64 cars · 0.5%
1701cc to 1800cc1,068 cars · 8.5%
1901cc to 2000cc9,483 cars · 75.7%
2001cc to 2100cc527 cars · 4.2%
2101cc to 2200cc466 cars · 3.7%
2201cc to 2300cc112 cars · 0.8%
2901cc to 3000cc787 cars · 6.2%
Other sizes (6)18 cars · 0.1%

Fuel

Diesel8,778 · 70.0%
Petrol3,737 · 29.8%
Gas10 · under 0.1%

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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.