Cavalier
Toyota · on record 2003 to 2025
The Toyota Cavalier is a rare Toyota model label associated with market specific rebadging rather than the Vauxhall family familiar in Britain, making UK examples unusual imports. It appealed to buyers who wanted the particular mix of space, image and engineering represented by the Cavalier rather than a generic transport choice. The remaining Cavalier population is increasingly shaped by the cars owners still find useful or distinctive enough to maintain once routine depreciation has run its course.
GROWING
Red List classification, from population, five year trajectory and survival against peak. Reviewed each census.
6
licensed vehicles
2025 census
2025 census
100.0% of the peak fleet remains licensed
2
declared SORN
total surviving
peak 6 in 2025 · +1 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
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, 2006 to 2007.
Pass rate by year
| Failure reason | Failures | Share of all tests |
|---|---|---|
| An obligatory main or dipped beam headlamp not in good working order and in clean condition, i.e. damaged or deteriorated to such an extent that the beam image is adversely affected | 2 | 33.3% |
| A mandatory rear fog lamp inoperative or less than 50% of the light sources illuminating | 1 | 16.7% |
| A mandatory rear fog lamp not visible from a reasonable distance due to excessive damage, deterioration, or having products on the lens or light source | 1 | 16.7% |
Counted across every recorded test, 2006 to 2007. Advisories are excluded.
Where the Cavalier remains
Based on MOT test locations, 2007. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NE | 1 | 100% |
How this record was calculated
LATEST CENSUS2025
POPULATION SOURCEDVLA VEH0220 annual
HISTORY SOURCEDVLA VEH0120 GB · to 2013
MOT SOURCEDVSA results · to 2007
FAMILY DEFINITIONTOYOTA CAVALIER
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.