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HOW MANY CITROEN C3 DESIRE HDI ARE LEFT?

There are 1,054 CITROEN C3 DESIRE HDI left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 604 CITROEN C3 DESIRE HDI that are currently SORNED.

The total number of CITROEN C3 DESIRE HDI was highest during 2007 Q4 (8,297). The number taxed topped out in 2007 Q4 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2025 Q2.

Since the total peaked, some 6,639 (80%) CITROEN C3 DESIRE HDI have been scrapped or exported.

In the last 10 years the total number of CITROEN C3 DESIRE HDI has fallen by 6,233. Licensed models have fallen by 6,695 and the SORNed total has increased by 462.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 3,085 CITROEN C3 DESIRE HDI models. Taxed models have declined by 3,184 and the SORNed total has increased by 99.

64% of the surviving 1,658 CITROEN C3 DESIRE HDI in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY CITROEN C3 DESIRE HDI ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
2003 Q41,40401,4041,404
2004 Q43,38203,3821,978
2005 Q45,33505,3351,953
2006 Q47,17707,1771,842
2007 Q48,253448,2971,120
2008 Q38,237388,275-22
2008 Q48,228358,263-12
2009 Q18,232258,257-6
2009 Q28,241258,2669
2009 Q38,213278,240-26
2009 Q48,216308,2466
2010 Q18,210358,245-1
2010 Q28,191308,221-24
2010 Q38,204338,23716
2010 Q48,185308,215-22
2011 Q18,166368,202-13
2011 Q28,150448,194-8
2011 Q38,121508,171-23
2011 Q48,116358,151-20
2012 Q18,106448,150-1
2012 Q28,079378,116-34
2012 Q38,062408,102-14
2012 Q48,043388,081-21
2013 Q17,997488,045-36
2013 Q27,978468,024-21
2013 Q37,940577,997-27
2013 Q47,920537,973-24
2014 Q17,891507,941-32
2014 Q27,819717,890-51
2014 Q38,097628,159269
2014 Q47,959788,037-122
2015 Q17,8251077,932-105
2015 Q27,7491427,891-41
2015 Q37,6631617,824-67
2015 Q47,5721577,729-95
2016 Q17,4291987,627-102
2016 Q27,3302107,540-87
2016 Q37,2112507,461-79
2016 Q47,1322757,407-54
2017 Q16,9583027,260-147
2017 Q26,8453117,156-104
2017 Q36,6823176,999-157
2017 Q46,4773346,811-188
2018 Q16,2373626,599-212
2018 Q25,9823766,358-241
2018 Q35,7584086,166-192
2018 Q45,5214385,959-207
2019 Q15,2924555,747-212
2019 Q25,0374555,492-255
2019 Q34,8434765,319-173
2019 Q44,6174915,108-211
2020 Q14,4095054,914-194
2020 Q24,2385054,743-171
2020 Q33,9985144,512-231
2020 Q43,7765294,305-207
2021 Q13,5405454,085-220
2021 Q23,3035563,859-226
2021 Q33,0485693,617-242
2021 Q42,8595783,437-180
2022 Q12,6965823,278-159
2022 Q22,5305733,103-175
2022 Q32,3595672,926-177
2022 Q42,2045782,782-144
2023 Q12,0635782,641-141
2023 Q21,9455742,519-122
2023 Q31,8245672,391-128
2023 Q41,6945792,273-118
2024 Q11,5565982,154-119
2024 Q21,4555932,048-106
2024 Q31,3365951,931-117
2024 Q41,2335921,825-106
2025 Q11,1296011,730-95
2025 Q21,0546041,658-72

How Rare Is My Car analyses 'road tax' data from the DVLA, this dataset is only available from 1994 onwards.

DVLA vehicle licensing statistics last updated 23/10/2025.