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Renault 8: how many are still registered?

86still registered

Renault 8 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 4 recorded variants.

29 of the survivors (33.7%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

Every car drawn here is one still on the register. Pick variants on the left to colour them in.

Declared off-road (SORN)29 · 33.7%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Renault 8 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Renault 8 vans5still reg.Renault 8 buses and coaches0still reg.

By year

All 86 surviving Renault 8 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 25 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1949 → 1976
630
19491976
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On the road over time

Total Renault 8 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

84
1994log scale2026: 84
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Renault 8 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

801cc to 900cc2 cars · 2.3%
901cc to 1000cc11 cars · 12.7%
1001cc to 1100cc1 cars · 1.1%
1101cc to 1200cc50 cars · 58.1%
1201cc to 1300cc15 cars · 17.4%
1301cc to 1400cc5 cars · 5.8%
1901cc to 2000cc1 cars · 1.1%
2601cc to 2700cc1 cars · 1.1%

Fuel

Petrol86 · 100%

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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.