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Makes / Daihatsu / Sirion

Sirion

Daihatsu · on record 1998 to 2025

DECLINING

Red List classification, from population, five year trajectory and survival against peak. Reviewed each census.

4,924 licensed vehicles
2025 census

32.0% of the peak fleet remains licensed

962
declared SORN
 
total surviving

peak 15,367 in 2009  ·  −672 vehicles a year, five year trend

Population history

Licensed and SORN vehicles at each census. Filters apply to the population, MOT and registration figures together.

Licensed SORN Latest census observation SOURCE DVLA VEH0120 / VEH0220

At the average decline recorded over the latest five years, the licensed fleet would reach zero around 2032.

Illustrative projection only; vehicle populations rarely decline linearly. Late fleets typically flatten as surviving examples enter preservation.

Inside the surviving fleet

AutoCensus parses every DVLA variant description, so the fleet can be read by fuel and specification rather than as one number.

First registrations by year

When surviving examples first joined the British fleet.

New registrations

Vehicles first registered each year. A fleet still being sold shows here; a finished one shows only imports.

MOT reliability

DVSA test results for this family, 2005 to 2025.

 
Pass rate by year
Failure reason Failures Share of all tests
The grooves of the tread pattern are not at least 1.6mm throughout a continuous band comprising the central three-quarters of the breadth of tread, and round the entire outer circumference of the tyre 5,155 2.3%
A wiper blade insecure, missing or in such a condition that it does not clear the windscreen effectively to give the driver an adequate view of the road (through the windscreen) to the left and right sides of the vehicle, as well as to the front 4,135 1.8%
Headlamp reflector or lens slightly defective 3,950 1.7%
A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn 3,479 1.5%
Deliberate modification which significantly reduces the original strength, excessive corrosion, severe distortion, a fracture or an inadequate repair of a load bearing member or its supporting structure or supporting panelling within 30cm of any sub- 3,275 1.4%
A rigid brake pipe excessively chafed, corroded or damaged 3,048 1.3%
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot severely deteriorated 2,787 1.2%
A major leak of exhaust gases from any part of the system 2,298 1.0%

Counted across every recorded test, 2005 to 2025. Advisories are excluded.

Where the Sirion remains

Based on MOT test locations, 2025. Test location is a proxy: a vehicle is counted where it was last tested, not where it is kept.

Postcode area Vehicles tested Pass rate
B 225 79%
BS 198 69%
BN 170 73%
PE 162 77%
NG 161 73%
LE 141 75%
EX 131 69%
GL 130 75%
IP 128 78%
NR 126 77%
PO 119 72%
TQ 110 73%
NP 108 74%
S 104 74%
TN 102 73%
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How this record was calculated

LATEST CENSUS2025
POPULATION SOURCEDVLA VEH0220 quarterly
HISTORY SOURCEDVLA VEH0120 GB · to 2013
MOT SOURCEDVSA results · to 2025
FAMILY DEFINITIONDAIHATSU SIRION
PROCESSED20 Jul 2026
Full methodology

Population figures count vehicles recorded as licensed or SORN in the DVLA quarterly extract. Figures before 2014 cover Great Britain only. Vehicles are grouped into this family by the DVLA GenModel key shown above, with routing rules for known inconsistencies.

Variant figures are parsed from raw DVLA model descriptions and the original string is always retained. Blank transmission fields are shown as manual because DVLA records the field for automatic vehicles.

MOT figures count tests, not vehicles, and geographic figures count each vehicle at its most recent test location. The decline projection is a straight line fitted to the latest five years and is illustrative only.