Rx 300
Lexus · on record 2000 to 2025
DECLINING
Red List classification, from population, five year trajectory and survival against peak. Reviewed each census.
2,352
licensed vehicles
2025 census
2025 census
16.3% of the peak fleet remains licensed
1,824
declared SORN
total surviving
peak 14,455 in 2006 · −735 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
At the average decline recorded over the latest five years, the licensed fleet would reach zero around 2028.
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.
Recent UK first registrations
This family is no longer sold new. These figures are imports and historic vehicles joining the British register for the first time.
MOT reliability
DVSA test results for this family, 2007 to 2024.
Pass rate by year
| Failure reason | Failures | Share of all tests |
|---|---|---|
| A low braking effort is recorded from the parking brake on any wheel, indicating clearly that the brake is not functioning correctly | 2 | 4.7% |
| An obligatory lamp inoperative or less than 50% of the light sources illuminating | 2 | 4.7% |
| During the 2nd fast idle test the lambda (l) exceeds the vehicle specific limits continuously for the last 5 seconds of the 30 second countdown | 2 | 4.7% |
| A major leak of exhaust gases from any part of the system | 2 | 4.7% |
| Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning | 1 | 2.3% |
| A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn | 1 | 2.3% |
| Excessive play in a rear wheel bearing indicating severe maladjustment or wear | 1 | 2.3% |
| A lamp missing, inoperative | 1 | 2.3% |
Counted across every recorded test, 2007 to 2024. Advisories are excluded.
Where the Rx 300 remains
Based on MOT test locations, 2024. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BD | 1 | 100% |
How this record was calculated
LATEST CENSUS2025
POPULATION SOURCEDVLA VEH0220 quarterly
HISTORY SOURCEDVLA VEH0120 GB · to 2013
MOT SOURCEDVSA results · to 2024
FAMILY DEFINITIONLEXUS RX 300
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.