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HOW MANY VAUXHALL ASTRA LS 8V ARE LEFT?

There are 500 VAUXHALL ASTRA LS 8V left on the road in the UK (i.e. with valid road tax). There are a further 1,497 VAUXHALL ASTRA LS 8V that are currently SORNED.

The total number of VAUXHALL ASTRA LS 8V was highest during 2004 Q4 (38,413). The number taxed topped out in 2004 Q4 and the total SORNed was at its maximum during 2017 Q2.

Since the total peaked, some 36,416 (95%) VAUXHALL ASTRA LS 8V have been scrapped or exported.

During 2021 Q3 the number of VAUXHALL ASTRA LS 8V that were off the road (SORN) exceeded the number that were licensed for the first time. This could indicate the owners are reluctant to sell or scrap their car as they view them as a potential future classic.

In the last 10 years the total number of VAUXHALL ASTRA LS 8V has fallen by 12,262. Licensed models have fallen by 12,511 and the SORNed total has increased by 249.

The 5 year trend shows a total decline of 2,147 VAUXHALL ASTRA LS 8V models. Taxed models have declined by 1,984 and the SORNed total has fallen by 163.

75% of the remaining 1,997 VAUXHALL ASTRA LS 8V in the UK are currently off the road.

HOW MANY VAUXHALL ASTRA LS 8V ARE TAXED & SORNED

YEAR TAXED SORNED TOTAL CHANGE
1998 Q48,91308,9138,913
1999 Q420,749020,74911,836
2000 Q427,405027,4056,656
2001 Q432,582032,5825,177
2002 Q435,935035,9353,353
2003 Q437,457037,4571,522
2004 Q438,413038,413956
2005 Q438,252038,252-161
2006 Q437,699037,699-553
2007 Q436,92643437,360-339
2008 Q335,87853436,412-948
2008 Q435,56960436,173-239
2009 Q135,10366235,765-408
2009 Q234,60565835,263-502
2009 Q333,90070534,605-658
2009 Q433,35174034,091-514
2010 Q132,70979833,507-584
2010 Q232,20478732,991-516
2010 Q331,63177232,403-588
2010 Q430,78889831,686-717
2011 Q129,94196130,902-784
2011 Q229,0481,02730,075-827
2011 Q328,1091,04529,154-921
2011 Q427,2511,07528,326-828
2012 Q126,2841,03527,319-1,007
2012 Q225,23997626,215-1,104
2012 Q324,24094325,183-1,032
2012 Q423,24399524,238-945
2013 Q122,16095423,114-1,124
2013 Q221,07695422,030-1,084
2013 Q319,85095120,801-1,229
2013 Q418,8501,05819,908-893
2014 Q117,7521,11418,866-1,042
2014 Q216,7721,01817,790-1,076
2014 Q315,9881,05317,041-749
2014 Q414,9261,15716,083-958
2015 Q114,0051,19915,204-879
2015 Q213,0111,24814,259-945
2015 Q312,0631,32613,389-870
2015 Q411,3101,45912,769-620
2016 Q110,6861,55712,243-526
2016 Q29,8061,57811,384-859
2016 Q38,9301,64710,577-807
2016 Q48,3641,69510,059-518
2017 Q17,6361,6839,319-740
2017 Q26,9221,6988,620-699
2017 Q36,3031,6787,981-639
2017 Q45,8421,6897,531-450
2018 Q15,2881,6686,956-575
2018 Q24,8561,6206,476-480
2018 Q34,4061,6076,013-463
2018 Q44,0711,6275,698-315
2019 Q13,7261,6355,361-337
2019 Q23,3511,6314,982-379
2019 Q33,0821,6234,705-277
2019 Q42,8741,6244,498-207
2020 Q12,6671,6494,316-182
2020 Q22,4841,6604,144-172
2020 Q32,2521,6363,888-256
2020 Q42,0701,6393,709-179
2021 Q11,9131,6223,535-174
2021 Q21,7591,6083,367-168
2021 Q31,5841,6113,195-172
2021 Q41,4671,6133,080-115
2022 Q11,3561,6132,969-111
2022 Q21,2661,6072,873-96
2022 Q31,1711,6032,774-99
2022 Q41,0891,6052,694-80
2023 Q11,0131,6092,622-72
2023 Q29381,6102,548-74
2023 Q38631,6122,475-73
2023 Q48151,6132,428-47
2024 Q17581,6192,377-51
2024 Q27131,6112,324-53
2024 Q36681,5752,243-81
2024 Q46051,5412,146-97
2025 Q15541,5042,058-88
2025 Q25001,4971,997-61

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.