Cars on UK roads

Abarth cars on UK roads

29,704 Abarth cars were licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026 (DfT and DVLA licensing statistics), 0.1% of all licensed cars and number 42 of the 47 makes listed here. That is down 1.1% on a year earlier; the Abarth 500 is the most common, with 27,126 (91.3%).

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Data to 2026-06-30 · Page updated 2026-09-28 · Publisher: 73 Auto

Licensed in GB: 29,704; end of June 2026
Change in a year: −1.1%; all cars: +1.5%
First registered, last 12 months: 419; UK, July 2025 to June 2026

Abarth models on UK roads

Official counts for every Abarth model with at least 5,000 licensed cars; together they cover 91.3% of licensed Abarths. Shares and changes are 73 Auto calculations.

Abarth models licensed in Great Britain, end of June 2026
Model	Licensed	Share of Abarth	Change in a year	Typical year first used
500	27,126	91.3%	−2.0%	2018

How the Abarth fleet is changing

3.4% of licensed Abarths are battery electric, plug-in hybrid or range-extended, against 8.8% of all cars. Half of the Abarths licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2018 or earlier (all cars: 2016). Over five years the number licensed is up 8.4%.

Abarth cars licensed, year by year

Official data: cars licensed (taxed, or exempt and on the road) in Great Britain at the end of each June. The peak in this series was 30,036 at the end of June 2025.

Abarth cars licensed in Great Britain at the end of each June
Quarter end	Licensed	Change on a year earlier
June 2026	29,704	−1.1%
June 2025	30,036	+1.5%
June 2024	29,581	+1.6%
June 2023	29,117	+0.9%
June 2022	28,857	+5.3%
June 2021	27,411	+8.3%
June 2020	25,301	+7.6%
June 2019	23,512	+19.0%
June 2018	19,757	+29.6%
June 2017	15,247	+33.1%
June 2016	11,458	—

Abarth cars by fuel type

Abarth cars licensed in Great Britain by fuel type, end of June 2026
Fuel (DfT category)	Licensed	Share	All cars
Petrol	28,684	96.6%	54.3%
Battery electric	1,019	3.4%	5.9%

Official data, end of June 2026. Fuel types with fewer than 10 cars are not listed.

How old Abarth cars on the road are

Official data from DfT table VEH0124: cars licensed and SORN at 31 December 2025 in the whole UK, by the year the car was first used (for a car imported used, that is its first use abroad). This table is annual and UK-wide, so its total (29,986 licensed) differs from the quarterly Great Britain figure.

Abarth cars by year of first use, UK, 31 December 2025
First used	Licensed	Share of licensed	SORN
2025	261	0.9%	5
2024	923	3.1%	29
2023	784	2.6%	19
2022	1,413	4.7%	13
2021	2,123	7.1%	36
2020	2,059	6.9%	36
2019	2,922	9.7%	82
2018	4,748	15.8%	172
2017	3,705	12.4%	148
2016	3,184	10.6%	171
2015	2,158	7.2%	137
2014	1,253	4.2%	101
2013	964	3.2%	121
2012	886	2.9%	113
2011	873	2.9%	130
2010	852	2.8%	179
2009	734	2.5%	210
2008	40	0.1%	33
2005 and earlier	104	0.4%	30

How many Abarth cars are still on the road

73 Auto analysis of two official tables: cars first registered in the UK each year (VEH0160) and cars of that year of first use still licensed at 31 December 2025 (VEH0124). The ratio is an indication, not a tracked cohort: imported used cars and cars exported, scrapped or declared off the road all move the figure, and years where the ratio exceeded 100% or fewer than 1,000 cars were registered are left out.

Abarth cars first registered each year and still licensed at 31 December 2025
Year	First registered	Licensed end 2025	Still licensed	All cars
2024	1,022	923	90.3%	93.9%
2022	1,527	1,413	92.5%	90.4%
2021	2,279	2,123	93.2%	91.6%
2020	2,301	2,059	89.5%	91.8%
2019	3,405	2,922	85.8%	91.3%
2018	5,565	4,748	85.3%	90.0%
2017	4,394	3,705	84.3%	88.8%
2016	3,900	3,184	81.6%	87.6%
2015	2,678	2,158	80.6%	86.0%

First registrations: UK, calendar years. Licensed: UK, 31 December 2025. Cars first registered in the last 12 months (July 2025 to June 2026): 419.

Limitations

Make totals include every car DfT records under Abarth, including models below the 5,000-car threshold and cars whose model DfT does not know. Licensed means taxed or tax-exempt at the quarter end; SORN cars are excluded from the licensed count.

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Where these figures come from

Vehicle licensing statistics data files: VEH0120 (GB), VEH0124 and VEH0160 (UK) — Department for Transport and DVLA. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Shares, changes, rankings and the still-licensed indication (73 Auto analysis of the DfT files) — 73 Auto. Derived figures.

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