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Mazda 323: how many are still registered?

3,999still registered

Mazda 323 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 64 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 125,635 (1999 Q4) - 3.1% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 10.0% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 2,360 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2039.

2,841 of the survivors (71.0%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

3.1% survives 1999 Q4 peak: 125,635

Declared off-road (SORN)2,841 · 71.0%
Disappearing per year10.0%
Projected 2030~2,360

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Mazda 323 nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Mazda 323 vans0still reg.

By year

All 3,999 surviving Mazda 323 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 21,025 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 15.9% 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 built1982 → 2004
6003000
19822004
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On the road over time

Total Mazda 323 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

125,635
1994log scale2026: 3,626
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mazda 323 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

1201cc to 1300cc84 cars · 2.1%
1301cc to 1400cc485 cars · 12.1%
1401cc to 1500cc1,235 cars · 30.8%
1501cc to 1600cc1,211 cars · 30.2%
1801cc to 1900cc465 cars · 11.6%
1901cc to 2000cc500 cars · 12.5%
Other sizes (7)19 cars · 0.4%

Fuel

Petrol3,874 · 96.8%
Diesel124 · 3.1%
Gas1 · under 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.