Austin, MOT record and UK numbers

32,758 Austins are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 76.4% of initial MOT tests, 4.1 points above the 72.3% UK average and 26th of 63 makes.

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Austin models

Austin has one model with its own page, the Mini.

Mini 8,927 licensed in the UK 72.8% Mini MOT pass rate 39.6 years

Licensed vehicles from DfT statistics, June 2026. Pass rates are for initial MOT tests in 2025.

Austin at the MOT

76.4% of 4,065 initial MOT tests passed in 2025, placing Austin 26th of 63 makes.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

Austin76.4%
All cars72.3%

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Austins in the UK

32,758 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed is roughly where it was at the end of 2014.

Change since 2014: +0.6%from 32,575 licensed
Typical year of first use: 1961half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 1961 or earlier
Declared off the road: 30,64448% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Austins since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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2014 2017 2020 Q2 2026 32,758

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Date	Licensed
End of 2014	32,575
End of 2015	32,017
End of 2016	31,726
End of 2017	31,253
End of 2018	32,058
End of 2019	32,254
End of 2020	31,851
End of 2021	32,103
End of 2022	32,139
End of 2023	31,907
End of 2024	32,056
End of 2025	31,942
End of June 2026	32,758

How old they are

Licensed Austins by year of first use.

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A further 20,439 were first used before 1971.

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First used	Licensed, end 2025
1990	41
1989	778
1988	479
1987	350
1986	318
1985	339
1984	570
1983	544
1982	369
1981	89
1980	72
1979	97
1978	65
1977	30
1976	73
1975	240
1974	211
1973	301
1972	584
1971	726

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Across the 1,548 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off.

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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.