Cars on UK roads

Audi cars on UK roads

1,995,404 Audi cars were licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026 (DfT and DVLA licensing statistics), 5.9% of all licensed cars and number 5 of the 47 makes listed here. That is up 1.9% on a year earlier; the Audi A3 is the most common, with 469,235 (23.5%).

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

Licensed in GB: 1,995,404; end of June 2026
Change in a year: +1.9%; all cars: +1.5%
First registered, last 12 months: 120,754; UK, July 2025 to June 2026

Audi models on UK roads

Official counts for every Audi model with at least 5,000 licensed cars; together they cover 98.3% of licensed Audis. Shares and changes are 73 Auto calculations. The fastest-growing model with 10,000 or more on the road is the Q6 e-tron (+151.6% in a year); the fastest-shrinking is the A4 (−7.2%).

Audi models licensed in Great Britain, end of June 2026
Model	Licensed	Share of Audi	Change in a year	Typical year first used
A3	469,235	23.5%	+0.2%	2016
A1	266,565	13.4%	+4.4%	2017
A4	226,491	11.3%	−7.2%	2014
Q3	168,832	8.5%	+4.4%	2018
Q5	138,844	7.0%	+2.1%	2018
A5	134,498	6.7%	+2.5%	2016
A6	119,800	6.0%	−2.2%	2015
Q2	114,091	5.7%	+10.1%	2020
TT	101,472	5.1%	−4.0%	2012
Q4 e-tron	62,665	3.1%	+25.8%	2024
Q7	55,150	2.8%	+0.4%	2017
e-tron	22,394	1.1%	+0.3%	2021
Q6 e-tron	18,650	0.9%	+151.6%	2025
Q8	16,451	0.8%	+2.5%	2023
A7	15,246	0.8%	−3.9%	2016
A8	9,824	0.5%	−6.4%	2015
RS3	8,996	0.4%	+13.6%	2020
RS4	5,920	0.3%	−3.2%	2015
RS6	5,455	0.3%	−2.2%	2017

How the Audi fleet is changing

8.7% of licensed Audis are battery electric, plug-in hybrid or range-extended, against 8.8% of all cars. Half of the Audis licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2017 or earlier (all cars: 2016). Over five years the number licensed is up 13.1%.

Audi 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 1,995,404 at the end of June 2026, the latest quarter, so numbers are still at their highest.

Audi cars licensed in Great Britain at the end of each June
Quarter end	Licensed	Change on a year earlier
June 2026	1,995,404	+1.9%
June 2025	1,958,651	+1.8%
June 2024	1,924,316	+3.2%
June 2023	1,864,054	+3.3%
June 2022	1,804,817	+2.3%
June 2021	1,764,484	+4.4%
June 2020	1,690,276	+1.0%
June 2019	1,673,307	+3.4%
June 2018	1,617,592	+6.4%
June 2017	1,520,813	+8.0%
June 2016	1,407,946	—

Audi cars by fuel type

Audi cars licensed in Great Britain by fuel type, end of June 2026
Fuel (DfT category)	Licensed	Share	All cars
Petrol	1,029,795	51.6%	54.3%
Diesel	790,933	39.6%	27.5%
Battery electric	116,738	5.9%	5.9%
Plug-in hybrid electric (petrol)	56,740	2.8%	2.9%
Hybrid electric (petrol)	762	0.0%	9.0%
Plug-in hybrid electric (diesel)	350	0.0%	0.0%
Gas	79	0.0%	0.1%

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

How old Audi 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 (2,074,563 licensed) differs from the quarterly Great Britain figure.

Audi cars by year of first use, UK, 31 December 2025
First used	Licensed	Share of licensed	SORN
2025	108,601	5.2%	1,009
2024	119,269	5.8%	531
2023	131,579	6.3%	624
2022	101,496	4.9%	698
2021	108,514	5.2%	1,020
2020	99,709	4.8%	1,015
2019	127,812	6.2%	1,661
2018	129,479	6.2%	2,207
2017	154,414	7.4%	2,805
2016	154,626	7.4%	2,843
2015	143,459	6.9%	3,229
2014	134,270	6.5%	3,725
2013	115,192	5.5%	4,461
2012	91,711	4.4%	5,511
2011	78,096	3.8%	6,778
2010	60,475	2.9%	7,225
2009	47,819	2.3%	8,012
2008	42,084	2.0%	10,785
2007	35,831	1.7%	12,139
2006	22,636	1.1%	10,646
2005 and earlier	67,491	3.3%	78,329

How many Audi 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.

Audi cars first registered each year and still licensed at 31 December 2025
Year	First registered	Licensed end 2025	Still licensed	All cars
2024	125,168	119,269	95.3%	93.9%
2023	139,307	131,579	94.5%	93.5%
2022	111,265	101,496	91.2%	90.4%
2021	118,618	108,514	91.5%	91.6%
2020	108,333	99,709	92.0%	91.8%
2019	139,543	127,812	91.6%	91.3%
2018	144,302	129,479	89.7%	90.0%
2017	175,741	154,414	87.9%	88.8%
2016	177,954	154,626	86.9%	87.6%
2015	167,245	143,459	85.8%	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): 120,754.

Limitations

Make totals include every car DfT records under Audi, 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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