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Vauxhall Carlton: how many are still registered?

1,110still registered

Vauxhall Carlton cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 60 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 187,896 (1994 Q4) - 0.5% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 2.4% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 981 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2030.

756 of the survivors (68.1%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

0.5% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 187,896

Declared off-road (SORN)756 · 68.1%
Disappearing per year2.4%
Projected 2030~981

Derivatives

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

Vauxhall Carlton vans0still reg.

By year

All 1,110 surviving Vauxhall Carlton cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 324 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 77.3% 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 built1979 → 1994
4002000
19791994
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On the road over time

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

187,896
1994log scale2026: 867
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Vauxhall Carlton 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 1800cc97 cars · 8.7%
1901cc to 2000cc456 cars · 41.0%
2101cc to 2200cc28 cars · 2.5%
2201cc to 2300cc30 cars · 2.7%
2501cc to 2600cc39 cars · 3.5%
2601cc to 2700cc6 cars · 0.5%
2901cc to 3000cc254 cars · 22.8%
3001cc to 3100cc7 cars · 0.6%
3601cc to 3700cc181 cars · 16.3%
Other sizes (8)12 cars · 1.0%

Fuel

Petrol1,073 · 96.6%
Diesel34 · 3.0%
Gas3 · 0.2%

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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.