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Vauxhall Astra: how many are still registered?

658,160still registered

Vauxhall Astra cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 764 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 1,185,187 (2008 Q4) - 55.5% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 6.5% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 470,314 in 2030.

94,116 of the survivors (14.2%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

55.5% survives 2008 Q4 peak: 1,185,187

Declared off-road (SORN)94,116 · 14.2%
Disappearing per year6.5%
Projected 2030~470,314

Derivatives

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

Vauxhall Astra vans23,065still reg.Vauxhall Astra lorries0still reg.

By year

All 658,160 surviving Vauxhall Astra cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 711,749 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 37.4% 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 built1989 → 2025
60,00030,0000
19892025
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On the road over time

Total Vauxhall Astra cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

1,185,187
1994log scale2026: 607,413
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Vauxhall Astra 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

901cc to 1000cc17,821 cars · 2.7%
1101cc to 1200cc28,207 cars · 4.2%
1201cc to 1300cc9,084 cars · 1.3%
1301cc to 1400cc185,763 cars · 28.3%
1401cc to 1500cc4,141 cars · 0.6%
1501cc to 1600cc234,505 cars · 35.7%
1601cc to 1700cc57,247 cars · 8.7%
1701cc to 1800cc43,937 cars · 6.6%
1901cc to 2000cc73,877 cars · 11.2%
Other sizes (20)1,647 cars · 0.2%

Fuel

Petrol465,942 · 70.7%
Diesel187,777 · 28.5%
Other fuels (5)4,441 · 0.6%

By generation

Approximate generation windows - the changeover year counts toward the newer car.

GenerationStill registered
Mk1 (1980–1984)589
Mk2 (1985–1991)2,650
Mk3 (1992–1998)10,789
Mk4 (1999–2004)48,651
Mk5 (2005–2009)134,668
Mk6 (2010–2015)274,473
Mk7 (2016–2021)161,980
Mk8 (2022–2026)24,312

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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.