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Austin

Austin was once one of the foundations of the British motor industry, producing everything from tiny economy cars and family saloons to taxis, vans and larger executive models. Its name covers several generations of very different engineering, from the Seven and A series cars to the Mini, Allegro, Metro, Maestro and Montego. Later badge engineering means an Austin registration can represent a surprisingly broad slice of British motoring history.

CRITICAL 6 families

ENDANGERED 2 families

VULNERABLE 3 families

DECLINING 7 families

STABLE 1 family

GROWING 9 families

29,541 licensed vehicles

30,212

declared SORN

model families

-35 vehicles a year, five year trend · growing fastest Mini · fading fastest A35

Model families

28 FAMILIES · SORT: LICENSED ↓

Family	Status	Licensed	Peak	Of peak	Year change
Mini	GROWING	8,171	234,906 · 1994	3.5%	+110
Seven	DECLINING	2,281	2,361 · 2022	96.6%	-14
A35	DECLINING	1,735	2,116 · 1996	82.0%	-15
A40	DECLINING	1,541	2,129 · 1996	72.4%	-11
A30	DECLINING	829	1,044 · 1996	79.4%	-8
Sprite	DECLINING	412	426 · 2022	96.7%	-1
A55	DECLINING	380	620 · 1996	61.3%	-12
A60	DECLINING	377	828 · 1996	45.5%	-2
1100	GROWING	376	1,163 · 1994	32.3%	+1
Allegro	GROWING	291	33,187 · 1994	0.9%	+15
Metro	GROWING	261	571,629 · 1994	0.1%	+4
1300	GROWING	241	1,332 · 1994	18.1%	+2
1800	GROWING	117	486 · 1994	24.1%	+3
Maxi	VULNERABLE	109	1,455 · 1994	7.5%	-1
A50	VULNERABLE	105	143 · 1996	73.4%	-1
Maestro	VULNERABLE	103	326,233 · 1994	0.0%	-6
Princess	ENDANGERED	76	157 · 1996	48.4%	-1
A110	STABLE	75	93 · 1997	80.7%	0
3 Litre	GROWING	61	88 · 1997	69.3%	+2
Metropolitan	ENDANGERED	48	82 · 1996	58.5%	-1
A95	GROWING	48	86 · 1994	55.8%	+0
Ambassador	GROWING	38	12,083 · 1994	0.3%	+7
Six Westminster	CRITICAL	24	41 · 1996	58.5%	-1
A135 Princess	CRITICAL	20	56 · 1994	35.7%	0
A99	CRITICAL	18	27 · 1996	66.7%	0
Montego	CRITICAL	18	234,467 · 1994	0.0%	-3
A105	CRITICAL	14	29 · 1996	48.3%	-2
2200	CRITICAL	7	51 · 1994	13.7%	0

Plus 1 record awaiting classification, counted in the totals above.

This record combines every DVLA registration under AUSTIN. Each family links to its full census record: population history, variants, MOT results and where survivors remain.