179 Audi Q3 Launch Edition E-Hybrid S-A cars are licensed in the UK, and another 11 are declared off the road (SORN). Licensed numbers peaked at 184 at the end of March 2026; 97% of that peak is still licensed. One of 105 versions DVLA records under the Audi Q3.
DVLA also records this version as “Q3 Launch Edition + Ehybrid SA”; those are included.
Licensed
179taxed for the road
SORN
11declared off the road
On the register
190licensed + SORN
1-year change
–vs June 2025
5-year change
–on the register
Peak licensed
184March 2026
United Kingdom · DfT VEH0120 · 2025 to 2026 Q2
Cars on the register over time
LicensedSORN (stacked on top)
Quarter end
Licensed
SORN
Total
2026 Q2
179
11
190
2026 Q1
184
4
188
2025 Q4
101
0
101
2025 Q3
11
0
11
Yearly figures to 2007, then every quarter. SORN was only recorded from the end of 2007, so earlier totals show licensed cars only. Small dips at each year end are usually seasonal: some owners SORN their cars for winter.
United Kingdom · DfT VEH0124 · end of 2025
Which years have survived
Cars still registered at the end of 2025, by the year they were made.
LicensedSORN
Year made
Licensed
SORN
2025
101
0
Year of manufacture, or year of first registration where DVLA has no manufacture year.
United Kingdom · DfT VEH0160 + VEH0124 · 2025 onwards
New each year, and how many are still here
First registeredStill registered at end of 2025
Year
First registered
Still registered
Share
2026 (Jan–Jun)
95
–
–
2025
101
101
100%
2026* covers January to June only. Imports and cars first registered elsewhere can push a year above 100%. Years with fewer than 20 new registrations are left out.
United Kingdom · VEH0120 · 2026 Q2
Fuel type
LicensedSORN
Plug-in hybrid electric (petrol)190
As recorded by DVLA, including some likely recording errors.
United Kingdom · VEH0220 · end of 2025
Engine size
LicensedSORN
1401cc to 1500cc101
Small bands are grouped because most are DVLA recording errors, such as cars listed with engines under 100cc.
United Kingdom · VEH0120 · 2026 Q2
All Audi Q3 versions
DVLA's detailed model names. Choose one to see its own figures.
In 2025, 82.3% of Audi Q3 MOT tests were passed first time, better than the 77.3% for cars of the same age. 5.3% had at least one dangerous defect (6.4% for cars the same age).
MOT records don’t name versions, so these figures cover every Audi Q3.
First-time pass
82.3%of initial tests
Cars the same age
77.3%first-time pass
Dangerous defect
5.3%same age 6.4%
Tests
137,302in 2025
Most common failures
Coil spring: fractured or broken4.3%Suspension · cars the same age 1.9%
Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm2.3%Tyres · cars the same age 2.0%
Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords1.5%Tyres · cars the same age 1.5%
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