DS · DS NO 8 ETOILE EV · Cars
As of 2025 Q4, 15 DS NO 8 ETOILE EVs remain registered in the UK — one of the rarest cars in Britain on today's roads. Numbers are at their highest recorded level since the model first appeared in our data in 2025 Q2. In all, the DS NO 8 ETOILE EV is rarer than 76% of the 2,408 UK car models we track, putting it firmly in 2025's endangered class.
Genuinely rare — only 15 left on UK roads.
Rarer than 76% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
The Renault 4, or R4 in short (and 4L, pronounced "Quatrelle" in French French pronunciation: [ˈkatʁɛl]), is an economy car built by the French company Renault from 1961 to 1994. Although it was first marketed as a short estate or wagon, its minimal rear body length, and its top-hinged, single-piece tail-gate means that it is now recognised as the world's first mass-produced hatchback. It was also the first time Renault had used a front-wheel drive layout in a family car, the first in a string of Renault's and other carmakers' front-wheel drives that all still used longitudinal engine placement...
As of 2025 Q4, 15 DS NO 8 ETOILE EV were still registered in the UK — 15 licensed and on the road, plus 0 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The DS NO 8 ETOILE EV is genuinely rare, with only 15 left, making it rarer than 76% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Most DS NO 8 ETOILE EV run on electric — about 100% of those still registered.
The DS NO 8 ETOILE EV peaked at 15 registered in 2025 Q4, and was first recorded in the data in 2025 Q2.