Insights
What's changed on UK roads, from 2014 Q3 to the latest quarter.
- Data DfT and DVLA, table VEH0120
- Covers Cars, United Kingdom
- Updated the latest quarter
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Quickest dying cars
The biggest falls in licensed cars over the last 5 years, among models with at least 10,000 on the road at the start. Each mini-chart has its own scale.
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Fastest growing cars
The biggest rises over the same 5 years, among models with at least 10,000 on the road at the start.
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The rise and fall of diesel
Share of licensed cars by fuel type
The electric surge
Licensed electrified cars
New arrivals
The big figure is cars licensed now.
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Lost makes
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Nearly extinct
Cars with fewer than 20 left, licensed or declared off the road, that had at least 25 in 2014 Q3. The biggest falls first. Each mini-chart has its own scale.
“At least” means DVLA hides some counts of 1 to 4, so there may be a few more.
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Supercars and luxury
Licensed cars from a hand-picked list of supercar and luxury makes, since 2014 Q3. Biggest first.
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Hot hatch heroes
A hand-picked list of 1980s and 1990s hot hatches, matched on DVLA's variant names so that modern cars with the same badges aren't counted.
All hot hatch heroes combined
Still known to DVLA, by car
Licensed plus declared off the road. Some totals have grown, perhaps as stored cars are restored and declared; DfT doesn't say why.
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Garage queens
The models with the biggest share of cars declared off the road (SORN): kept, but not driven. Models with at least 2,000 off the road.
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Make leaderboard
Where the biggest makes ranked by licensed cars, then and now. The biggest climber is in pink. Hover over or tab to a make to follow it.