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Land Rover 109: how many are still registered?

862still registered

Land Rover 109 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 8 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 2,923 (1994 Q4) - 29.4% of that peak survives.

The decline has levelled off - survivor numbers have held steady over the last five years.

528 of the survivors (61.2%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

29.4% survives 1994 Q4 peak: 2,923

Declared off-road (SORN)528 · 61.2%

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Land Rover 109 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Land Rover 109 vans3,705still reg.Land Rover 109 lorries18still reg.Land Rover 109 buses and coaches5still reg.

By year

All 862 surviving Land Rover 109 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. DVLA records a build year for only 726 of them; the rest are registered without one and cannot be placed on the year-built bars.

Year built1969 → 2007
150750
19692007
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On the road over time

Total Land Rover 109 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

2,923
1994log scale2026: 858
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Land Rover 109 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

2201cc to 2300cc485 cars · 56.4%
2401cc to 2500cc34 cars · 3.9%
2501cc to 2600cc37 cars · 4.3%
2601cc to 2700cc101 cars · 11.7%
2701cc to 2800cc5 cars · 0.5%
3001cc to 3100cc6 cars · 0.6%
3301cc to 3400cc16 cars · 1.8%
3501cc to 3600cc146 cars · 16.9%
Other sizes (14)29 cars · 3.3%

Fuel

Petrol542 · 62.8%
Diesel307 · 35.6%
Gas12 · 1.3%
Battery Electric1 · 0.1%

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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.