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Jaguar XJ Series: how many are still registered?

43,078still registered

Jaguar XJ Series cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 145 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 69,944 (1998 Q4) - 61.5% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 2.6% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 37,760 in 2030.

19,002 of the survivors (44.1%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

61.5% survives 1998 Q4 peak: 69,944

Declared off-road (SORN)19,002 · 44.1%
Disappearing per year2.6%
Projected 2030~37,760

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Jaguar XJ Series nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Jaguar XJ Series vans12still reg.

By year

All 43,078 surviving Jaguar XJ Series cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 12,208 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 75.8% of the 2014 figure. That is the earliest real count of the same cars: DVLA publishes no production figures, so nothing here is a count of how many were built.

Year built1983 → 2020
3,0001,5000
19832020
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On the road over time

Total Jaguar XJ Series cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

69,944
1994log scale2026: 41,635
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Jaguar XJ Series cars split by engine capacity and by fuel, as recorded 2025. Engine sizes are DVLA's own bands and cover only the cars it holds a capacity for.

Engine size

2701cc to 2800cc3,118 cars · 7.2%
2901cc to 3000cc12,896 cars · 29.9%
3201cc to 3300cc7,712 cars · 17.9%
3401cc to 3500cc299 cars · 0.6%
3501cc to 3600cc2,950 cars · 6.8%
3901cc to 4000cc5,519 cars · 12.8%
4101cc to 4200cc2,599 cars · 6.0%
4201cc to 4300cc1,712 cars · 3.9%
5001cc to 5100cc729 cars · 1.6%
5301cc to 5400cc4,624 cars · 10.7%
5901cc to 6000cc608 cars · 1.4%
Other sizes (43)311 cars · 0.7%

Fuel

Petrol30,714 · 71.2%
Diesel12,154 · 28.2%
Other fuels (3)210 · 0.4%

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Source: DVLA vehicle licensing statistics (DfT). Counts as of 2025, licensed and SORN vehicles both included. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Survivor counts are national registration figures, not a guarantee any particular car exists or is roadworthy - check a specific reg free.