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How many Audi A1 are left?

263,388. That is how many Audi A1 were still licensed in Great Britain at the end of 2026 Q1, according to DVLA records. One in every 127 cars on the road is one of these, and a further 3,518 are registered but declared off-road (SORN).

263,388 licensed today
1 in 127 cars on GB roads
3,518 off-road (SORN)
2009 peak 267k 2026 Q1

Numbers are still near their peak of 263,388. The grey sliver is cars declared off-road. Great Britain figures, DfT table VEH0120.

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Survival, year by year

The same model ages very differently depending on when it was first registered. For each year of first registration since 2014, this is the most of that year's cars that were ever licensed at once, and how many of them are still licensed today. The three youngest years are shown without a percentage: their peak is still today's count, so it would read 100% and mean nothing.

First registered Most on the road Licensed in 2025 Survival
2014 23,859 22,144 92.8%
2015 23,808 22,480 94.4%
2016 25,693 24,463 95.2%
2017 22,698 21,802 96.1%
2018 19,491 18,811 96.5%
2019 19,976 19,584 98.0%
2020 13,292 12,886 96.9%
2021 13,955 13,595 97.4%
2022 14,776 14,188 96.0%
2023 17,087 16,634 too new
2024 13,414 13,279 too new
2025 13,565 13,565 too new

United Kingdom figures, DfT table VEH0124 (2025); the year-of-first-use dataset begins in 2014. The hardest-worn cohort so far is 2014, at 92.8% surviving.

When they sold

2009 peak 5k/quarter 2026 Q1

New registrations per quarter: the selling life of the model, which is why the fleet curve above rises when it does. Great Britain figures, DfT table VEH0160.

What the survivors run on

1.0-litre petrol 107,005
1.4-litre petrol 87,326
1.6-litre diesel 45,767
1.5-litre petrol 14,648
1.2-litre petrol 9,533
2.0-litre diesel 3,085

Licensed cars by engine size band and fuel. United Kingdom figures, DfT table VEH0220 (2025). 71% of the survivors are manuals.

The trims that lasted

Sport TFSI 18%
Sport TDI 8%
S Line TFSI 7%
Sport 30 TFSI 5%
S Line 30 TFSI 5%

Share of today's licensed fleet, by DVLA model designation.

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Sources: DfT/DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, tables VEH0120 and VEH0160 (Great Britain, 2026 Q1) and VEH0124 and VEH0220 (United Kingdom, 2025). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Cells of 1–4 vehicles are suppressed at source, so very small counts can read slightly low. Download the full dataset (CSV, every model).