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Mazda 626: how many are still registered?

1,291still registered

Mazda 626 cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 50 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 83,006 (1999 Q4) - 1.5% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 9.5% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 782 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2028.

958 of the survivors (74.2%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

1.5% survives 1999 Q4 peak: 83,006

Declared off-road (SORN)958 · 74.2%
Disappearing per year9.5%
Projected 2030~782

By year

All 1,291 surviving Mazda 626 cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 6,133 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 17.3% 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 built1978 → 2002
2001000
19782002
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On the road over time

Total Mazda 626 cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

83,006
1994log scale2026: 1,140
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mazda 626 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

1501cc to 1600cc13 cars · 1.0%
1701cc to 1800cc28 cars · 2.1%
1801cc to 1900cc240 cars · 18.5%
1901cc to 2000cc976 cars · 75.6%
2001cc to 2100cc13 cars · 1.0%
2101cc to 2200cc5 cars · 0.3%
2401cc to 2500cc16 cars · 1.2%

Fuel

Petrol1,189 · 92.0%
Diesel100 · 7.7%
Gas2 · 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.