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DS Automobiles, Every model, MOT record and UK numbers

49,726 DS cars are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 68.8% of initial MOT tests, 3.5 points below the 72.3% UK average and 44th of 63 makes.

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DS Automobiles models

3 models, most common on UK roads first. The DS3 is the most common; across the range, the DS7 has the highest pass rate at 83.5% and the DS3 the lowest at 66.9%.

  1. DS3 36,039 licensed in the UK 66.9% DS3 MOT pass rate 7.8 years
  2. DS4 6,532 licensed in the UK 69% DS4 MOT pass rate 7.7 years
  3. DS7 5,585 licensed in the UK 83.5% DS7 MOT pass rate 5.2 years

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

DS Automobiles at the MOT

68.8% of 47,223 initial MOT tests passed in 2025, placing DS Automobiles 44th of 63 makes. The rate falls by 17.9 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.

  • DS Automobiles68.8%
  • 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 DS Automobiles tested in 2025.

  • 3 to 5 years8,096 tests82.1%
  • 6 to 10 years36,252 tests64.3%

DS cars in the UK

49,726 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has grown 114% since the end of 2016. The DS3, DS4 and DS7 account for 97% of them.

Change since 2016
+114%from 23,244 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
1,017against 15,890 in 2016
Declared off the road
1,3072.6% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed DS cars since 2015

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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DateLicensed
End of 20158,408
End of 201623,244
End of 201731,431
End of 201835,455
End of 201940,231
End of 202041,844
End of 202144,677
End of 202248,158
End of 202349,754
End of 202450,364
End of 202550,182
End of June 202649,726

How old they are

Licensed DS cars by year of first use.

  • Licensed at the end of 2025
  • First registered that year
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First usedLicensed, end 2025First registered that year
20259701,017
20241,0801,155
20232,2842,399
20223,3333,697
20212,1682,364
20202,2142,390
20193,9004,234
20184,6885,162
20178,1449,066
201613,97015,890
20157,4008,614

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Check its finance, write-off, theft, mileage and keeper history with a £15 vehicle history report.

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. More on the DS Automobiles history check. To confirm a car's identity, see what a DS Automobiles VIN should look like.

  • Outstanding finance
  • Write-off records
  • Stolen markers
  • Mileage history
  • Previous keepers

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.