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Honda Civic VTI statistics

How many Honda Civic VTIs are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, and how the VTI compares with other versions of the Honda Civic. Built from DVLA licensing records, with MOT results for the Honda Civic.

A version of the Honda Civic. Recorded by DVLA as “CIVIC VTI”, “CIVIC 1.8 VTI”, “CIVIC 1.6 VTI”, “CIVIC 1.6 VTI VTEC”.

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Records analysed
1,524 Honda Civic VTI records (licensed and SORN)
Methodology
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  • Licensed in Great Britain 282 −11.9% on a year earlier
  • Declared SORN 1,242 Off the road, not taxed
  • Still registered 15.1% Other Honda Civic versions 9.3%
  • Peak year 2001 10,011 licensed
  • Share of Honda Civics 0.5% of those licensed or SORN
  • Declared off the road 81.5% of those still registered are SORN

How many Honda Civic VTIs are left in Great Britain?

There were 282 Honda Civic VTIs licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026, and a further 1,242 declared off the road (SORN). The licensed count is 97.2% lower than its peak of 10,011 in 2001. More are declared SORN than are licensed: 81.5% of those still registered are off the road.

Honda Civic VTIs licensed and SORN in Great Britain

This data records SORN from 2007, so the SORN line starts there.

Honda Civic VTIs licensed and declared SORN in Great Britain at the end of each year
Year LicensedDeclared SORN
1994 2,039–
1995 2,209–
1996 2,834–
1997 4,479–
1998 6,708–
1999 8,659–
2000 9,794–
2001 10,011–
2002 9,895–
2003 9,752–
2004 9,434–
2005 8,923–
2006 8,222–
2007 7,489412
2008 6,760431
2009 5,943489
2010 5,138575
2011 4,222710
2012 3,434685
2013 2,792712
2014 2,168788
2015 1,683931
2016 1,2911,067
2017 9941,144
2018 8001,175
2019 6361,228
2020 5581,233
2021 4741,265
2022 4081,293
2023 3301,342
2024 3091,264
2025 2761,259
2026 2821,242

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

Fuel type

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

How many Honda Civic VTIs have survived?

15.1% of Honda Civic VTIs are still registered (licensed or SORN), measured against the most on the road at any year end since 1994. For other versions of the Honda Civic from the same era, the figure is 9.3%, so Honda Civic VTIs are 1.6 times as likely to have survived.

Share still registered (licensed or SORN)

Compared with 12 other versions of the Honda Civic from the same era.

Share of Honda Civic VTIs still registered compared with other Honda Civic versions of the same age
Version Share still registered
Honda Civic VTI 15.1%
Other Honda Civic versions of the same age 9.3%

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

Honda Civic VTI engine sizes and fuel types

Of the 287 Honda Civic VTIs licensed in the UK at the end of 2025, 58.9% have an engine of 1,501cc to 1,600cc, and 40.4% have an engine of 1,701cc to 1,800cc. The share with an engine of 1,701cc to 1,800cc has fallen from 56.2% in 2014 to 40.4%.

Engine sizes, end of 2025

DVLA records engine size in 100cc bands.

Honda Civic VTIs licensed in the UK at the end of 2025, by engine size
Engine size Share of those licensed
1,501cc to 1,600cc 169 licensed 58.9%
1,701cc to 1,800cc 116 licensed 40.4%
Other sizes 2 licensed 0.7%

Source:DfT / DVLA End of 2014 to end of 2025 Updated

Engine size and fuel together, end of 2025
Engine size Fuel Licensed Share
1,501–1,600cc Petrol 169 58.9%
1,701–1,800cc Petrol 115 40.1%

Engine sizes, 2014 to 2025

Share of those licensed at the end of each year, for the most common sizes.

Honda Civic VTIs licensed in the UK by engine size, share of each year’s total
Year 1,501–1,600cc1,701–1,800cc
2014 43.1%56.2%
2015 44.8%54.6%
2016 46.3%53.0%
2017 46.0%53.3%
2018 50.1%49.1%
2019 52.4%46.8%
2020 53.4%45.2%
2021 56.6%41.9%
2022 59.4%38.9%
2023 58.0%40.5%
2024 57.6%40.8%
2025 58.9%40.4%

Source:DfT / DVLA End of 2014 to end of 2025 Updated

United Kingdom figures from DfT table VEH0220 (licensed cars at the end of each year, SORN excluded), so they differ slightly from the Great Britain counts elsewhere on this page. This covers cars DVLA records under this version’s name only; the Honda Civic page covers every version. How we use engine sizes.

Honda Civic VTI fuel economy and CO2

The Vehicle Certification Agency’s new car data lists the Honda Civic VTI from 2000, when the data begins, to 2000. On the NEDC test (listings 2000), official combined fuel economy for its petrol versions ranges from 32.1 to 33.6 mpg, with CO2 of 198 to 206 g/km.

Official NEDC figures by engine and fuel, listed 2000
Engine and fuel Combined mpg CO2 g/km Listed Euro standard Versions
1.6 petrol 33.6 198 2000 Euro 2 1
1.8 petrol 32.1 206 2000 Euro 2 1

Source:VCA July 2000 to 15 September 2026 Updated

  • Official figures from laboratory type-approval tests. VCA says they may not be achieved in real-world driving, and should not be used to rank cars with similar figures.
  • These are the VCA listings we could match to the Honda Civic VTI by name. The Honda Civic page covers every version.
  • Engine sizes are rounded to the nearest 0.1 litre. A version is one line in VCA’s data (description, gearbox, engine and fuel), counted once however many years it was listed. Matched from VCA’s model names “Civic 3 Door (2000 YM)”, “Civic 5 Door (2000 YM)”. How we use VCA’s figures.

Honda Civic MOT reliability

In 2025, 67.1% of Honda Civic MOT tests were passed first time, against 72.8% for all cars. Cars of the same ages pass 67.0% of the time, so the Honda Civic does about as well as average for its age.

DVSA's MOT results name the model, not the version, so these figures cover all Honda Civics tested, the VTI among them. For the full breakdown, including defects in detail and results year by year, see the Honda Civic page.

MOT first-time pass rate by age: Honda Civic vs all cars

Each bar pair covers cars of the same age, so an older fleet does not count against the model.

MOT first-time pass rate by vehicle age, Honda Civic compared with all cars
Vehicle age Honda CivicAll cars
3 years 93.8%89.5%
4–5 years 87.5%87.6%
6–7 years 85.3%83.0%
8–10 years 81.2%75.7%
11–14 years 69.2%65.5%
15–19 years 54.1%58.0%
20+ years 57.4%61.0%

Source:DVSA,UK Motoring analysis 2025 Updated

Most common MOT failure categories

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment is the most common reason a Honda Civic fails. A failed test can have defects in more than one category.

Share of failed Honda Civic MOT tests with at least one defect in each category
Defect category Share of failed tests
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 52.8%
Suspension 32.6%
Brakes 23.8%
Tyres 19.3%
Visibility 16.3%
Body, chassis, structure 9.9%

Source:DVSA,UK Motoring analysis 2025 Updated

Other versions of the Honda Civic

Versions of the Honda Civic with their own page. The Honda Civic page covers all 236,799 licensed, whatever the version.

Honda Civic VTI compared with other versions of the Honda Civic
Version Licensed SORN Still registered
Honda Civic Type-R 5,886 5,555 49.0%
Honda Civic VTI 282 1,242 15.1%
Honda Civic CRX 168 703 14.8%
Honda Civic CRX ESI 190 386 28.3%
Honda Civic Tropica 147 258 21.6%
Honda Civic CRX VTI 60 208 28.0%
Honda Civic VTI-S 55 206 20.2%
Honda Civic Illusion 66 176 10.2%
Honda Civic VTI-S Jordan 56 172 48.9%
Honda Civic Tornado 56 159 9.6%
Honda Civic SR Coupe 60 149 10.7%
Honda Civic Initial 63 119 15.4%
Honda Civic Fusion 64 113 15.4%
Honda Civic GM 45 122 9.7%
Honda Civic Executive SE 114 32 29.1%
Honda Civic Type-R 30TH A-Vsary 55 75 44.2%

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Data sources and methodology

Datasets used on this page
Figures Source Period Records Updated
Licensed and SORN counts Vehicle licensing statistics Department for Transport End of June 2026 1,524 Honda Civic VTI records (licensed and SORN) 2 October 2026
MOT results (whole model) Anonymised MOT tests and results Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Derived statistics UK Motoring
2025 260,589 MOT tests 15 September 2026
  • Figures cover Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Northern Ireland is not included.
  • Licensed counts are vehicles with a current tax or exemption at the end of each year (or the latest quarter). SORN counts are shown separately, from 2007.
  • This version groups DVLA’s detailed model names “CIVIC VTI”, “CIVIC 1.8 VTI”, “CIVIC 1.6 VTI”, “CIVIC 1.6 VTI VTEC”. Engine size, gearbox, number of doors and fuel are ignored, so every engine and gearbox counts together.
  • Survival compares the number still registered (licensed or SORN) with the most licensed at any year end since 1994, plus any first registered after that year. Other versions are those of the same model whose licensed count peaked in the same years, up to 2001.

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