Make Total clamped and impounded Porsche 199 Abarth 28 Maserati 23 Bentley 20 Cadillac 19 Tesla 10 Triumph 10 Aston Martin 8 Rolls-Royce 8 Ferrari 7 Lotus 4 TVR 3 Hummer 1 Lincoln 1 McLaren 1

In the last financial year, there were 133,000 vehicles clamped for being untaxed. These included almost 350 prestige cars including 199 Porches, 28 of the Italian supercar, Abarth, 23 Maseratis, 20 Bentleys and even a Hummer.

Taking the top spots overall were the UK’s most popular make and models with 6,000 each of the Ford Focus and Vauxhall Astra. And 73 London Taxis, 5 Harley-Davidsons, 4 motorhomes and an Iris Bus were also clamped for being untaxed.

Still making the top ten most popular colour of vehicles to be clamped was silver with more than 32,000 clamped during the year, 2,000 more than the previous year. Black vehicles just pipped blue vehicles into second place and 690 gold vehicles were also clamped.

Colour Total clamped and impounded Silver 32,558 Black 25,329 Blue 25,026 White 16,663 Grey 12,303 Red 11,126 Green 5,489 Yellow 842 Beige 813 Gold 690

DVLA’s Senior Enforcement Leader Bethan Beasley said:

These figures show that it does not matter what type of vehicle you own, whether it’s a sports car, motorhome or even a bus – if you do not tax it, we’ll clamp it. It’s never been easier to tax your car – it’s just a few clicks to do it online and you can do it 24 hours a day. Do not take the risk – it just is not worth it.

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