AUSTIN · AUSTIN SPRITE · Cars
Rare — fewer than 1,000 remain (598 in the latest data).
Rarer than 40% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
The Austin-Healey Sprite is a small open sports car produced in the United Kingdom from 1958 to 1971. The Sprite was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation on 20 May 1958, two days after that year's Monaco Grand Prix. It was intended to be a low-cost model that "a chap could keep in his bike shed", yet be the successor to the sporting versions of the pre-war Austin Seven. The Sprite was designed by the Donald Healey Motor Company, with production being undertaken at the MG factory at Abingdon. It first went on sale for £669, using a tuned version of the Austin A...
As of 2025 Q4, 598 AUSTIN SPRITE were still registered in the UK — 409 licensed and on the road, plus 189 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The AUSTIN SPRITE is rare — fewer than 1,000 remain (598), making it rarer than 40% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of AUSTIN SPRITE on UK roads rose by 4 (0.7%).
Most AUSTIN SPRITE run on petrol — about 99% of those still registered, with the rest split across electric, diesel.
The AUSTIN SPRITE peaked at 598 registered in 2025 Q2, and was first recorded in the data in 2014 Q3.