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Citroën, Every model, MOT record and UK numbers

1,130,478 Citroëns are licensed in the UK, the 13th most of any make. In 2025 they passed 63.5% of initial MOT tests, 8.8 points below the 72.3% UK average and 57th of 63 makes.

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Citroën models

21 models, most common on UK roads first. The Berlingo is the most common; among models with 10,000 or more MOT tests, the C3 Aircross has the highest pass rate at 84.6% and the Xsara the lowest at 51.2%.

  1. Berlingo 217,343 licensed in the UK 59.3% Berlingo MOT pass rate 10.4 years
  2. C4 Not shown 60.5% C4 MOT pass rate 10.7 years
  3. C3 156,674 licensed in the UK 65.2% C3 MOT pass rate 10.9 years
  4. C1 152,496 licensed in the UK 68.9% C1 MOT pass rate 11.8 years
  5. Relay 74,976 licensed in the UK 64.8% Relay MOT pass rate 12.1 years
  6. Dispatch 69,035 licensed in the UK 60.4% Dispatch MOT pass rate 9.5 years
  7. DS3 62,061 licensed in the UK 51.8% DS3 MOT pass rate 12.1 years
  8. Grand C4 Picasso 54,570 licensed in the UK 65.8% Grand C4 Picasso MOT pass rate 8.5 years
  9. C3 Aircross 52,268 licensed in the UK 84.6% C3 Aircross MOT pass rate 5.4 years
  10. C3 Picasso 49,257 licensed in the UK 68% C3 Picasso MOT pass rate 9.1 years
  11. C5 38,381 licensed in the UK 78% C5 MOT pass rate 7.4 years
  12. C4 Cactus 37,154 licensed in the UK 69.9% C4 Cactus MOT pass rate 7.2 years
  13. C4 Picasso 32,987 licensed in the UK 71.2% C4 Picasso MOT pass rate 8.6 years
  14. Xsara 14,662 licensed in the UK 51.2% Xsara MOT pass rate 19.1 years
  15. Nemo 10,420 licensed in the UK 57% Nemo MOT pass rate 12.7 years
  16. DS4 8,829 licensed in the UK 54.6% DS4 MOT pass rate 11.9 years
  17. Spacetourer 7,211 licensed in the UK 74.9% Spacetourer MOT pass rate 5.8 years
  18. C2 5,899 licensed in the UK 52.9% C2 MOT pass rate 18.1 years
  19. DS5 3,633 licensed in the UK 60.5% DS5 MOT pass rate 11.8 years
  20. 2CV 3,113 licensed in the UK 73.4% 2CV MOT pass rate 38 years
  21. Saxo 2,166 licensed in the UK 56.2% Saxo MOT pass rate 23.7 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.

Citroën at the MOT

63.5% of 985,721 initial MOT tests passed in 2025, placing Citroën 57th of 63 makes. The rate falls by 26.7 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.

  • Citroën63.5%
  • 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 Citroën tested in 2025.

  • 3 to 5 years136,009 tests81%
  • 6 to 10 years367,571 tests66.5%
  • 11 years and over450,269 tests54.3%

Citroëns in the UK

1,130,478 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has fallen 17% since the end of 2014. The Berlingo, C3 and C1 account for 47% of them.

Change since 2014
−17%from 1,358,789 licensed
Typical year of first use
2015half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2015 or earlier
First registered in 2025
39,056against 110,495 in 2015
Declared off the road
156,99512% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Citroëns since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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DateLicensed
End of 20141,358,789
End of 20151,368,466
End of 20161,363,323
End of 20171,333,685
End of 20181,303,458
End of 20191,284,471
End of 20201,250,335
End of 20211,230,814
End of 20221,212,844
End of 20231,197,652
End of 20241,174,000
End of 20251,141,395
End of June 20261,130,478

How old they are

Licensed Citroëns by year of first use.

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

A further 36,495 were first used before 2006.

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First usedLicensed, end 2025First registered that year
202536,18539,056
202450,41653,321
202355,42858,615
202243,92148,370
202150,73055,091
202045,70250,609
201970,48778,124
201866,83475,451
201768,65978,774
201677,75491,294
201592,050110,495
201489,262
201377,073
201264,549
201153,323
201048,746
200937,244
200827,299
200723,439
200617,458

Citroën 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.