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HOW MANY CITROEN C3 DESIRE ARE LEFT?

There are 4,966 CITROEN C3 DESIRE left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 1,862 CITROEN C3 DESIRE that are currently SORNED.

The total number of CITROEN C3 DESIRE was highest during 2009 Q1 (34,706). The number taxed topped out in 2009 Q1 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2021 Q1.

Since the total peaked, some 27,878 (80%) CITROEN C3 DESIRE have been scrapped or exported.

In the last 10 years the total number of CITROEN C3 DESIRE has fallen by 25,693. Licensed models have fallen by 26,952 and the SORNed total has increased by 1,259.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 12,412 CITROEN C3 DESIRE models. Taxed models have declined by 12,311 and the SORNed total has fallen by 101.

73% of the surviving 6,828 CITROEN C3 DESIRE in the UK are still on the road.

HOW MANY CITROEN C3 DESIRE ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
2003 Q46,35606,3566,356
2004 Q414,606014,6068,250
2005 Q424,040024,0409,434
2006 Q431,248031,2487,208
2007 Q434,49517334,6683,420
2008 Q334,43815934,597-71
2008 Q434,48219234,67477
2009 Q134,50819834,70632
2009 Q234,50615934,665-41
2009 Q334,35716334,520-145
2009 Q434,26916834,437-83
2010 Q134,19017134,361-76
2010 Q234,18316534,348-13
2010 Q334,22016934,38941
2010 Q434,21019334,40314
2011 Q134,21420134,41512
2011 Q234,14922734,376-39
2011 Q334,06423734,301-75
2011 Q433,98526334,248-53
2012 Q133,93426934,203-45
2012 Q233,87426434,138-65
2012 Q333,73527234,007-131
2012 Q433,66331533,978-29
2013 Q133,46932733,796-182
2013 Q233,36432133,685-111
2013 Q333,22535633,581-104
2013 Q433,12437633,500-81
2014 Q132,94438433,328-172
2014 Q232,77734633,123-205
2014 Q333,24836333,611488
2014 Q432,80943233,241-370
2015 Q132,36450632,870-371
2015 Q231,91860332,521-349
2015 Q331,54767932,226-295
2015 Q431,21178731,998-228
2016 Q130,75091331,663-335
2016 Q230,25898431,242-421
2016 Q329,6031,12330,726-516
2016 Q429,3861,18930,575-151
2017 Q128,6381,27129,909-666
2017 Q227,9201,35729,277-632
2017 Q327,1481,44128,589-688
2017 Q426,4221,50127,923-666
2018 Q125,3861,57626,962-961
2018 Q224,4681,60426,072-890
2018 Q323,5491,64225,191-881
2018 Q422,8281,66424,492-699
2019 Q121,7751,68423,459-1,033
2019 Q220,8261,70822,534-925
2019 Q319,9411,70821,649-885
2019 Q418,9731,80820,781-868
2020 Q118,0681,96220,030-751
2020 Q217,2771,96319,240-790
2020 Q316,4481,96718,415-825
2020 Q415,5901,97817,568-847
2021 Q114,6772,00916,686-882
2021 Q213,7491,99515,744-942
2021 Q312,8071,95914,766-978
2021 Q412,1111,95614,067-699
2022 Q111,4941,95613,450-617
2022 Q210,8911,90512,796-654
2022 Q310,2661,90812,174-622
2022 Q49,7261,93611,662-512
2023 Q19,1401,93811,078-584
2023 Q28,6151,93710,552-526
2023 Q38,1431,94910,092-460
2023 Q47,6671,9719,638-454
2024 Q17,2001,9969,196-442
2024 Q26,7001,9638,663-533
2024 Q36,2441,9298,173-490
2024 Q45,7821,8597,641-532
2025 Q15,3541,8407,194-447
2025 Q24,9661,8626,828-366

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.