DS · DS DS5 · Cars
As of 2025 Q4, 1,352 DS DS5s remain registered in the UK — an increasingly uncommon sight on today's roads. That's down from a peak of 1,434 in 2021 Q3 — only 94% of the high-water mark, a loss of about 82 cars. They're disappearing at roughly 17 a year (1.3% of what's left), a pace that would halve the survivors by around 2080 if it held — though in practice the last, most-cherished examples tend to linger far longer.
Uncommon — a few thousand still about (1,352).
Rarer than 32% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Disappearing at about 17 a year (1.3% of survivors). At that pace roughly 1,269 would remain in 5 years, and half the current fleet is gone by around ~2080.
The DS 5 is a subcompact executive hatchback which was designed and developed by the French automaker Citroën, and launched in the market in Europe in November 2011. It was the third model in the premium sub brand DS. Released as the Citroën DS5, the car was relaunched as the DS 5 in 2015, following Citroën's decision to rebadge its DS models and market them under the brand DS.
As of 2025 Q4, 1,352 DS DS5 were still registered in the UK — 1,309 licensed and on the road, plus 43 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The DS DS5 is uncommon, with 1,352 still about, making it rarer than 32% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of DS DS5 on UK roads fell by 23 (1.7%). At the current rate of decline, roughly 1,269 would remain in 5 years.
Most DS DS5 run on diesel — about 96% of those still registered, with the rest split across hybrid, petrol.
The DS DS5 peaked at 1,434 registered in 2021 Q3, and was first recorded in the data in 2015 Q1.