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Audi, Every model, MOT record and UK numbers

2,096,180 Audis are licensed in the UK, the 6th most of any make. In 2025 they passed 78.5% of initial MOT tests, 6.2 points above the 72.3% UK average and 19th of 63 makes.

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What Carpeep finds on Audis

Based on 106 Audis checked by Carpeep since November 2025, each vehicle counted once.

  • 25% Outstanding finance 27 of 106 checked
  • 15% Insurance write-off 16 of 106 checked
  • 6.7% Mileage discrepancy 7 of 104 checked

Fewer than 5 of those checked had a theft on record. 50% had three or more previous keepers, with a median of 2. 59% had a number plate change recorded, often a private plate transfer rather than a warning sign. None had a police stolen marker. None were recorded as imported, exported or scrapped.

Each rate counts only the Audis whose check returned an answer for that record. These rates describe the Audis Carpeep customers chose to check, mostly cars they were thinking of buying, not every Audi for sale or on the road.

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Audi models

24 models, most common on UK roads first. The A3 is the most common; among models with 10,000 or more MOT tests, the Q2 has the highest pass rate at 90.1% and the A4 the lowest at 73%.

  1. A3 451,913 licensed in the UK 75.9% A3 MOT pass rate 10.8 years
  2. A1 274,860 licensed in the UK 76.3% A1 MOT pass rate 8.8 years
  3. A4 236,494 licensed in the UK 73% A4 MOT pass rate 11.9 years
  4. Q3 177,833 licensed in the UK 82.4% Q3 MOT pass rate 7.9 years
  5. Q5 135,382 licensed in the UK 83.7% Q5 MOT pass rate 8.2 years
  6. TT Not shown 76.8% TT MOT pass rate 13.4 years
  7. A5 131,165 licensed in the UK 77.5% A5 MOT pass rate 10.1 years
  8. A6 128,227 licensed in the UK 79.7% A6 MOT pass rate 10.8 years
  9. Q2 117,817 licensed in the UK 90.1% Q2 MOT pass rate 5.5 years
  10. Q4 64,323 licensed in the UK 87.7% Q4 MOT pass rate 3.3 years
  11. Q7 53,687 licensed in the UK 82.7% Q7 MOT pass rate 9.4 years
  12. S3 36,880 licensed in the UK 85.2% S3 MOT pass rate 8.8 years
  13. e-tron 23,023 licensed in the UK 89.8% e-tron MOT pass rate 4 years
  14. A7 16,317 licensed in the UK 84.5% A7 MOT pass rate 9.3 years
  15. Q8 15,907 licensed in the UK 90.1% Q8 MOT pass rate 4.9 years
  16. SQ5 13,687 licensed in the UK 90.9% SQ5 MOT pass rate 5.8 years
  17. S5 11,532 licensed in the UK 82% S5 MOT pass rate 10.7 years
  18. A8 9,339 licensed in the UK 87.2% A8 MOT pass rate 11.6 years
  19. S4 9,035 licensed in the UK 84.4% S4 MOT pass rate 10.9 years
  20. RS4 6,104 licensed in the UK 87.8% RS4 MOT pass rate 11.5 years
  21. RS6 5,657 licensed in the UK 88.9% RS6 MOT pass rate 7.6 years
  22. A2 5,049 licensed in the UK 56.4% A2 MOT pass rate 22.1 years
  23. R8 3,553 licensed in the UK 91% R8 MOT pass rate 12 years
  24. RSQ3 3,425 licensed in the UK 90.9% RSQ3 MOT pass rate 4.1 years

Licensed vehicles from DfT statistics, June 2026. Models without a comparable DfT figure are placed by their MOT tests. Pass rates are for initial MOT tests in 2025.

Audi at the MOT

78.5% of 1,762,872 initial MOT tests passed in 2025, placing Audi 19th of 63 makes. The rate falls by 21 points between the youngest and oldest cars, so compare a model with others of a similar age.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

  • Audi78.5%
  • All cars72.3%

Model pass rates partly reflect age: models that left sale years ago are tested as older cars, which fail more often. Compare MOT pass rates for every make.

Pass rate by age at test

Every Audi tested in 2025.

  • 3 to 5 years322,914 tests89.3%
  • 6 to 10 years697,915 tests81.4%
  • 11 years and over653,450 tests68.4%

Audis in the UK

2,096,180 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has grown 64% since the end of 2014. The A3, A1 and A4 account for 46% of them.

Change since 2014
+64%from 1,277,573 licensed
Typical year of first use
2017half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2017 or earlier
First registered in 2025
114,666against 177,977 in 2016
Declared off the road
168,1627.4% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Audis since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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DateLicensed
End of 20141,277,573
End of 20151,391,267
End of 20161,514,021
End of 20171,619,293
End of 20181,693,607
End of 20191,755,799
End of 20201,789,898
End of 20211,854,164
End of 20221,913,007
End of 20231,981,850
End of 20242,031,230
End of 20252,074,747
End of June 20262,096,180

How old they are

Licensed Audis by year of first use.

  • Licensed at the end of 2025
  • First registered that year

A further 51,758 were first used before 2006.

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First usedLicensed, end 2025First registered that year
2025108,602114,666
2024119,271125,214
2023131,579139,331
2022101,498111,275
2021108,516118,626
202099,709108,345
2019127,812139,555
2018129,481144,308
2017154,414175,750
2016154,627177,977
2015143,460167,257
2014134,275
2013115,196
201291,727
201178,101
201060,475
200947,822
200842,084
200735,835
200622,636

Audi head-to-head comparisons

Popular rivals compared on the same 2025 DVSA data.

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MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded). Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.