How many Vauxhall Novas are left?
739 are on the road in Great Britain and 4,787 are declared off the road. A thousand or fewer on the road.
Looking at one? Check its own record:
Registered as cars
739
on the road in Great Britain
plus 4,787 declared off the road
Rare
- Most on the road
- 442,343, when records start (the end of 1994)
- Still on the road
- 1% of the most there were
- Since 2021
- Down 9% (810 to 739)
Registered as vans
7
on the road in Great Britain
plus 82 declared off the road
Ultra rare
- Most on the road
- 4,162, when records start (the end of 1994)
- Still on the road
- 1% of the most there were
- Since 2021
- Down 12% (8 to 7)
Every version, as the DVLA records it
The model name on the logbook. Some are the same car recorded in slightly different ways, and a few are typing mistakes.
| Version | On the road | Off the road | Most there were |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nova Merit | 160 | 944 | 121,779 (1994) |
| Nova | 77 | 381 | 83,182 (1994) |
| Nova L | 86 | 407 | 78,971 (1994) |
| Nova SR | 77 | 550 | 36,021 (1994) |
| Nova Trip | 27 | 259 | 15,004 (1994) |
| Nova GTE | 43 | 283 | 8,498 (1994) |
| Nova Luxe | 24 | 119 | 7,717 (1995) |
| Nova Merit Plus | 26 | 221 | 7,128 (1994) |
| Nova GL | 16 | 27 | 7,039 (1994) |
| Nova Swing 1.2 | 5 | 34 | 6,308 (1994) |
| Nova Antibes | 5 | 42 | 6,297 (1994) |
| Nova Luxe Plus | 17 | 133 | 5,033 (1994) |
| Nova Fling | 4 | 33 | 4,895 (1994) |
| Nova Spin | 20 | 147 | 4,766 (1994) |
| Nova Club | 3 | 24 | 4,723 (1994) |
| Nova S STD | 4 | 38 | 4,532 (1994) |
| Nova Sting | 4 | 27 | 4,124 (1994) |
| Nova Star | 4 | 41 | 4,007 (1994) |
| Nova Expression | 16 | 110 | 3,753 (1994) |
| Nova Merit TD | 3 | 38 | 3,438 (1994) |
| Nova Flair | 6 | 65 | 3,291 (1995) |
| Nova GSI | 31 | 278 | 2,871 (1994) |
| Nova Diamond | 2 | 28 | 2,611 (1994) |
| Nova FUN | 12 | 86 | 2,564 (1994) |
| Nova SRI | 12 | 150 | 2,357 (1994) |
| Nova SX | 6 | 60 | 1,663 (1994) |
| Nova Life | 8 | 39 | 1,403 (1994) |
| Nova Merit I | 9 | 19 | 1,373 (1994) |
| Nova Pearl | 1 | 9 | 1,327 (1994) |
| Nova Merit Plus TD | 2 | 28 | 1,015 (1994) |
| Nova GEM | 1 | 13 | 981 (1994) |
| Nova Flair INJ | 3 | 27 | 742 (1994) |
| Nova SX Turbo D | 1 | 33 | 730 (1994) |
| Nova Merit Plus D | 1 | 6 | 594 (1994) |
| Nova Base | 21 | 73 | 492 (1994) |
| Nova Snap | 2 | 4 | 397 (1994) |
| Nova Diesel | 0 | 4 | 284 (1994) |
| Nova Swing 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 253 (1994) |
| Nova Turbo Diesel | 0 | 5 | 194 (1994) |
| Nova Luxe INJ | 0 | 1 | 86 (1995) |
| Nova Sola | 0 | 0 | 7 (1996) |
| Nova Cabrio | 0 | 1 | 5 (1994) |
What the numbers mean
- On the road means licensed: taxed, or exempt from tax, at the end of June 2026.
- Off the road means declared SORN: still registered but not used on public roads, often stored, being restored or waiting to be sold.
- Counts are for Great Britain and come from the DVLA. Records start in 1994, so older cars may have been more common before then.
Buying one?
Rare or not, check the one in front of you: its MOT history, mileage and tax are free, and the full check adds finance, write-off and theft.
Source: Department for Transport and DVLA vehicle licensing statistics for Great Britain, table VEH0120, to the end of June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.