Inspire

Honda · on record 2003 to 2025

The Honda Inspire is a Japanese market executive saloon closely related to larger Accord based models, with British examples generally arriving through private import channels. It appealed to buyers who wanted the particular mix of space, image and engineering represented by the Inspire rather than a generic transport choice. The Inspire has a stronger enthusiast pull than an ordinary car of its age, so originality, specialist support and condition increasingly influence which examples remain.

GROWING

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

2 licensed vehicles
2025 census

25.0% of the peak fleet remains licensed

declared SORN

total surviving

peak 8 in 2007 · +0 vehicles a year, five year trend

Population history

Licensed and SORN vehicles at each census. The filters below apply to the family population, MOT and registration figures. They do not alter the generation history above.

Licensed SORN Latest census observation SOURCE DVLA VEH0120 / VEH0220

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
A mandatory rear fog lamp inoperative or less than 50% of the light sources illuminating	7	4.6%
A suspension joint dust cover severely deteriorated	7	4.6%
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	6	4.0%
An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative	6	4.0%
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources	5	3.3%
Front or rear fog lamp switch inoperative or not operating in accordance with the requirements	5	3.3%
A mandatory tell-tale for main beam headlamp or rear fog lamp missing or inoperative	5	3.3%
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured but not adversely affecting driver's view	5	3.3%

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

Where the Inspire 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
IP	5	100%
EX	2	50%
M	1	100%

How this record was calculated

LATEST CENSUS2025

POPULATION SOURCEDVLA VEH0220 annual

HISTORY SOURCEDVLA VEH0120 GB · to 2013

MOT SOURCEDVSA results · to 2025

FAMILY DEFINITIONHONDA INSPIRE

PROCESSED20 Sep 2026

Full methodology

Population history combines DVLA VEH0120 Q4 census observations through 2013 with the annual VEH0220 census from 2014 onward. Figures before 2014 cover Great Britain only. Historical VEH0120 is used only when its overlapping UK observations reconcile to the current canonical family definition. Vehicles are grouped into this family using the DVLA GenModel together with durable routing rules for known inconsistencies.

Variant figures are parsed from raw DVLA model descriptions and the original string is always retained. Configuration is only assigned where the model description explicitly identifies it; a blank configuration is not treated as a two door Wrangler. 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.