Cars on UK roads

Vauxhall cars on UK roads

2,487,525 Vauxhall cars were licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026 (DfT and DVLA licensing statistics), 7.4% of all licensed cars and number 3 of the 47 makes listed here. That is down 4.5% on a year earlier; the Vauxhall Corsa is the most common, with 894,502 (36.0%).

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

Licensed in GB: 2,487,525; end of June 2026
Change in a year: −4.5%; all cars: +1.5%
First registered, last 12 months: 84,687; UK, July 2025 to June 2026

Vauxhall models on UK roads

Official counts for every Vauxhall model with at least 5,000 licensed cars; together they cover 99.2% of licensed Vauxhalls. Shares and changes are 73 Auto calculations. The fastest-growing model with 10,000 or more on the road is the Frontera (+3513.5% in a year); the fastest-shrinking is the Vectra (−25.6%).

Vauxhall models licensed in Great Britain, end of June 2026
Model	Licensed	Share of Vauxhall	Change in a year	Typical year first used
Corsa	894,502	36.0%	−3.2%	2015
Astra	513,324	20.6%	−9.9%	2013
Mokka	306,390	12.3%	+3.5%	2017
Insignia	152,729	6.1%	−11.7%	2014
Zafira	143,430	5.8%	−13.9%	2013
Grandland	110,698	4.5%	+8.0%	2021
Crossland	83,963	3.4%	−0.2%	2020
Meriva	68,053	2.7%	−12.6%	2012
Adam	53,947	2.2%	−1.6%	2015
Viva	37,134	1.5%	−0.8%	2016
Agila	29,175	1.2%	−8.3%	2010
Frontera	17,959	0.7%	+3513.5%	2000
Vectra	15,943	0.6%	−25.6%	2007
Combo	15,741	0.6%	+2.8%	2021
Antara	14,558	0.6%	−14.8%	2013
Vivaro	10,706	0.4%	−2.5%	2018

How the Vauxhall fleet is changing

3.0% of licensed Vauxhalls are battery electric, plug-in hybrid or range-extended, against 8.8% of all cars. Half of the Vauxhalls licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2015 or earlier (all cars: 2016). Over five years the number licensed is down 18.0%.

Vauxhall 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 3,503,252 at the end of June 2016.

Vauxhall cars licensed in Great Britain at the end of each June
Quarter end	Licensed	Change on a year earlier
June 2026	2,487,525	−4.5%
June 2025	2,604,204	−4.4%
June 2024	2,724,620	−3.4%
June 2023	2,820,447	−3.3%
June 2022	2,916,968	−3.9%
June 2021	3,034,373	−3.2%
June 2020	3,135,078	−4.3%
June 2019	3,276,743	−2.5%
June 2018	3,362,483	−3.0%
June 2017	3,466,552	−1.0%
June 2016	3,503,252	—

Vauxhall cars by fuel type

Vauxhall cars licensed in Great Britain by fuel type, end of June 2026
Fuel (DfT category)	Licensed	Share	All cars
Petrol	1,904,431	76.6%	54.3%
Diesel	480,109	19.3%	27.5%
Battery electric	69,795	2.8%	5.9%
Hybrid electric (petrol)	27,005	1.1%	9.0%
Plug-in hybrid electric (petrol)	4,660	0.2%	2.9%
Range extended electric	1,049	0.0%	0.0%
Gas	475	0.0%	0.1%

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

How old Vauxhall 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 (2,608,215 licensed) differs from the quarterly Great Britain figure.

Vauxhall cars by year of first use, UK, 31 December 2025
First used	Licensed	Share of licensed	SORN
2025	78,127	3.0%	1,051
2024	75,599	2.9%	567
2023	95,999	3.7%	922
2022	76,912	2.9%	394
2021	86,150	3.3%	552
2020	89,780	3.4%	731
2019	150,813	5.8%	1,328
2018	163,504	6.3%	2,014
2017	178,568	6.9%	2,686
2016	225,035	8.6%	4,433
2015	233,557	8.9%	6,505
2014	220,379	8.5%	8,840
2013	192,607	7.4%	10,767
2012	149,784	5.7%	11,888
2011	125,120	4.8%	13,960
2010	107,705	4.1%	15,967
2009	84,271	3.2%	16,242
2008	76,575	2.9%	20,843
2007	63,209	2.4%	23,787
2006	37,829	1.5%	22,339
2005 and earlier	96,692	3.7%	182,701

How many Vauxhall 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.

Vauxhall cars first registered each year and still licensed at 31 December 2025
Year	First registered	Licensed end 2025	Still licensed	All cars
2024	79,766	75,599	94.8%	93.9%
2023	100,663	95,999	95.4%	93.5%
2022	84,076	76,912	91.5%	90.4%
2021	91,938	86,150	93.7%	91.6%
2020	96,000	89,780	93.5%	91.8%
2019	161,047	150,813	93.7%	91.3%
2018	177,105	163,504	92.3%	90.0%
2017	195,505	178,568	91.3%	88.8%
2016	251,744	225,035	89.4%	87.6%
2015	270,225	233,557	86.4%	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): 84,687.

Limitations

Make totals include every car DfT records under Vauxhall, 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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