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Vauxhall Cavalier GSI statistics

How many Vauxhall Cavalier GSIs are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, and how the GSI compares with other versions of the Vauxhall Cavalier. Built from DVLA licensing records.

A version of the Vauxhall Cavalier. Recorded by DVLA as “CAVALIER GSI 16V”, “CAVALIER GSI”.

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Records analysed
227 Vauxhall Cavalier GSI records (licensed and SORN)
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  • Licensed in Great Britain 24 +26.3% on a year earlier
  • Declared SORN 203 Off the road, not taxed
  • Still registered 4.1% Other Vauxhall Cavalier versions 0.5%
  • Licensed in 1994 5,532 when this data begins
  • Share of Vauxhall Cavaliers 3.5% of those licensed or SORN
  • Declared off the road 89.4% of those still registered are SORN

How many Vauxhall Cavalier GSIs are left in Great Britain?

There were 24 Vauxhall Cavalier GSIs licensed in Great Britain at the end of June 2026, and a further 203 declared off the road (SORN). The licensed count is 99.6% lower than the 5,532 in 1994, when this data begins. More are declared SORN than are licensed: 89.4% of those still registered are off the road.

Vauxhall Cavalier GSIs licensed and SORN in Great Britain

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

Vauxhall Cavalier GSIs licensed and declared SORN in Great Britain at the end of each year
Year LicensedDeclared SORN
1994 5,532–
1995 5,326–
1996 5,152–
1997 4,968–
1998 4,686–
1999 4,392–
2000 3,967–
2001 3,486–
2002 2,893–
2003 2,204–
2004 1,533–
2005 948–
2006 535–
2007 376305
2008 235261
2009 177219
2010 138193
2011 86193
2012 66197
2013 59208
2014 36217
2015 32214
2016 28211
2017 25215
2018 16223
2019 16223
2020 19220
2021 16222
2022 12227
2023 10227
2024 7225
2025 11217
2026 24203

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

Fuel type

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

How many Vauxhall Cavalier GSIs have survived?

4.1% of Vauxhall Cavalier GSIs are still registered (licensed or SORN), measured against the most on the road at any year end since 1994. For other versions of the Vauxhall Cavalier from the same era, the figure is 0.5%, so Vauxhall Cavalier GSIs are 8.2 times as likely to have survived.

Share still registered (licensed or SORN)

Compared with 43 other versions of the Vauxhall Cavalier from the same era.

Share of Vauxhall Cavalier GSIs still registered compared with other Vauxhall Cavalier versions of the same age
Version Share still registered
Vauxhall Cavalier GSI 4.1%
Other Vauxhall Cavalier versions of the same age 0.5%

Source:DfT / DVLA End of June 2026 Updated

Vauxhall Cavalier MOT reliability

There were not enough MOT tests of Vauxhall Cavaliers in 2025 to publish reliable figures: we need at least 1,000 tests of cars aged three and over. DVSA names the model, not the version, so no separate figures exist for the GSI.

Other versions of the Vauxhall Cavalier

Versions of the Vauxhall Cavalier with their own page. The Vauxhall Cavalier page covers all 987 licensed, whatever the version.

Vauxhall Cavalier GSI compared with other versions of the Vauxhall Cavalier
Version Licensed SORN Still registered
Vauxhall Cavalier Cabriolet 61 227 32.0%
Vauxhall Cavalier GSI 24 203 4.1%
Vauxhall Cavalier Turbo 4x4 34 181 24.5%

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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 227 Vauxhall Cavalier GSI records (licensed and SORN) 2 October 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 “CAVALIER GSI 16V”, “CAVALIER GSI”. 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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