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Mazda 121: how many are still registered?

252still registered

Mazda 121 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 12 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 10,254 (1999 Q4) - 2.4% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 7.2% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 171 in 2030.

194 of the survivors (76.9%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

2.4% survives 1999 Q4 peak: 10,254

Declared off-road (SORN)194 · 76.9%
Disappearing per year7.2%
Projected 2030~171

By year

All 252 surviving Mazda 121 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 852 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 22.8% 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 built1988 → 2005
50250
19882005
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On the road over time

Total Mazda 121 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

10,254
1994log scale2026: 227
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mazda 121 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

1101cc to 1200cc10 cars · 3.9%
1201cc to 1300cc161 cars · 63.8%
1301cc to 1400cc75 cars · 29.7%
1701cc to 1800cc4 cars · 1.5%
Other sizes (2)2 cars · 0.7%

Fuel

Petrol247 · 98.0%
Diesel5 · 1.9%

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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.