AUSTIN · AUSTIN 8CWT · Cars
Genuinely rare — only 1 left on UK roads.
Rarer than 93% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
The Austin marque started with the Austin Motor Company, and survived a merger with the Nuffield Organization to form the British Motor Corporation, incorporation into the British Leyland Motor Corporation, nationalisation as British Leyland (BL) forming part of its volume car division Austin Morris later Austin Rover, and later privatisation as part of the Rover Group and was finally phased out as a brand in 1989.
As of 2025 Q4, 1 AUSTIN 8CWT were still registered in the UK — 0 licensed and on the road, plus 1 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The AUSTIN 8CWT is genuinely rare, with only 1 left, making it rarer than 93% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of AUSTIN 8CWT on UK roads held steady.
Most AUSTIN 8CWT run on petrol — about 100% of those still registered.
The AUSTIN 8CWT peaked at 1 registered in 2024 Q2, and was first recorded in the data in 2024 Q2.