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Renault 21: how many are still registered?

467still registered

Renault 21 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 34 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 99,712 (1994 Q4) - 0.4% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 1.5% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 431 in 2030.

400 of the survivors (85.6%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

0.4% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 99,712

Declared off-road (SORN)400 · 85.6%
Disappearing per year1.5%
Projected 2030~431

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Renault 21 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Renault 21 vans8still reg.Renault 21 buses and coaches0still reg.

By year

All 467 surviving Renault 21 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 170 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 73.2% 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 built1986 → 2010
100500
19862010
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On the road over time

Total Renault 21 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

99,712
1994log scale2026: 436
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Renault 21 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 1800cc96 cars · 20.5%
1801cc to 1900cc49 cars · 10.4%
1901cc to 2000cc261 cars · 55.8%
2001cc to 2100cc53 cars · 11.3%
Other sizes (5)8 cars · 1.7%

Fuel

Petrol364 · 77.9%
Diesel103 · 22.0%

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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.